The
National Security Agency has been collecting domestic calling records
from major telecommunications companies, sources told USA TODAY.
Answers to some questions about the program, as described by those
sources:
Q: Does the NSA’s domestic program mean that my calling records have been secretly collected?
A:
In all likelihood, yes. The NSA collected the records of billions of
domestic calls. Those include calls from home phones and wireless
phones.
Q: Does that mean people listened to my conversations?
A: Eavesdropping is not part of this program.
Q: What was the NSA doing?
A:
The NSA collected “call-detail” records. That’s telephone industry
lingo for the numbers being dialed. Phone customers’ names, addresses
and other personal information are not being collected as part of this
program. The agency, however, has the means to assemble that sort of
information, if it so needs.
Federal Source to ABC News: We Know Who You’re Calling
May 15, 2006 10:33 AM
Brian Ross and Richard Esposito Report:
A
senior federal law enforcement official tells ABC News the government
is tracking the phone numbers we call in an effort to root out
confidential sources.
“It’s time for you to get some new cell phones, quick,” the source told us in an in-person conversation.
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