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07-19-2013, 03:27 PM
The director of the National Security Agency said Thursday that he is open to the idea of allowing telephone companies, rather than the NSA, to store vast pools of calling records that could be used in counterterrorism cases.
Speaking at a security conference, Gen. Keith Alexander strongly defended the spy agency’s surveillance efforts, which rely on the information known as calling “metadata” to identify and track terrorists and their plots.
But he said that keeping that data in private hands might help quell fears that the agency is intruding into individuals’ lives.
“I think it’s something we should consider,” Alexander said.
Don't phone companies already do this or do they purge their data after a set amount of time?
More:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-director-suggests-phone-companies-not-government-could-store-calling-records/2013/07/18/42db18f8-f015-11e2-bed3-b9b6fe264871_story.html
Speaking at a security conference, Gen. Keith Alexander strongly defended the spy agency’s surveillance efforts, which rely on the information known as calling “metadata” to identify and track terrorists and their plots.
But he said that keeping that data in private hands might help quell fears that the agency is intruding into individuals’ lives.
“I think it’s something we should consider,” Alexander said.
Don't phone companies already do this or do they purge their data after a set amount of time?
More:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-director-suggests-phone-companies-not-government-could-store-calling-records/2013/07/18/42db18f8-f015-11e2-bed3-b9b6fe264871_story.html