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>In 2015, Congress rewrote the law that allowed the NSA to scoop up everyone's records. The U.S.A. Freedom Act now prohibits the bulk collection of phone record

>In 2015, Congress rewrote the law that allowed the NSA to scoop up everyone's records. The U.S.A. Freedom Act now prohibits the bulk collection of phone records by American citizens. Leave it to NPR to run interference for the government. The Freedom Act reformed the reauthorization of the Patriot act. At least on paper. NSA's PRISM project that Snowden revealed was authorized under section 702 of the 2008 FISA Amendment. This law has not been changed.

lern_too_spel 3y ago
That law is about collecting data from targeted foreigner's accounts outside the US. It has not been deemed illegal and probably never will be. Snowden misread the documents to think that he could collect any Americans' data if he were an analyst instead of a SharePoint admin, but that isn't NPR's fault.
- Accujack 3y ago
  What happens is that the US has other five eyes members spy on Americans, and then they get the data from them. Also, Snowden reported that the data of Americans WAS being collected, and that was the thing he warned everyone about. Pretending there was no illegal/invasive activity on the NSA's part is revisionism at best.
  - lern_too_spel 3y ago
    > What happens is that the US has other five eyes members spy on Americans, and then they get the data from them. [citation needed] What you've repeated here is a conspiracy theory that became popular around the time of the Snowden leaks that has no supporting documentation. If it were true, Snowden would have been sure to find documentation for it to leak because it would have been the single biggest bombshell story in multinational government conspiracy of the century. > Also, Snowden reported that the data of Americans WAS being collected, and that was the thing he warned everyone about Phone metadata. That was shut down, and it had nothing to do with Section 702 or PRISM.
    - Accujack 3y ago
      Snowden's documents specifically included information about FVEY members spying on each others' citizens. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_surveillance_disclosures_(2013%E2%80%93present) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_surveillance_disclosure...
      - lern_too_spel 3y ago
        It included information about the FVEY members collecting data from each other's citizens, but it did not contain information saying that members illegally asked other members for data on their own citizens, as you initially claimed. What you're now claiming they did is perfectly legal. What you originally claimed is not.

lern_too_spel 3y ago

That law is about collecting data from targeted foreigner's accounts outside the US. It has not been deemed illegal and probably never will be. Snowden misread the documents to think that he could collect any Americans' data if he were an analyst instead of a SharePoint admin, but that isn't NPR's fault.

Accujack 3y ago
What happens is that the US has other five eyes members spy on Americans, and then they get the data from them. Also, Snowden reported that the data of Americans WAS being collected, and that was the thing he warned everyone about. Pretending there was no illegal/invasive activity on the NSA's part is revisionism at best.
- lern_too_spel 3y ago
  > What happens is that the US has other five eyes members spy on Americans, and then they get the data from them. [citation needed] What you've repeated here is a conspiracy theory that became popular around the time of the Snowden leaks that has no supporting documentation. If it were true, Snowden would have been sure to find documentation for it to leak because it would have been the single biggest bombshell story in multinational government conspiracy of the century. > Also, Snowden reported that the data of Americans WAS being collected, and that was the thing he warned everyone about Phone metadata. That was shut down, and it had nothing to do with Section 702 or PRISM.
  - Accujack 3y ago
    Snowden's documents specifically included information about FVEY members spying on each others' citizens. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_surveillance_disclosures_(2013%E2%80%93present) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_surveillance_disclosure...
    - lern_too_spel 3y ago
      It included information about the FVEY members collecting data from each other's citizens, but it did not contain information saying that members illegally asked other members for data on their own citizens, as you initially claimed. What you're now claiming they did is perfectly legal. What you originally claimed is not.