Obama to Propose Ending N.S.A.’s Bulk Collection of Phone Records
| Under President Obama’s proposal to Congress, data about Americans’ calling habits would be kept in the hands of phone companies, according to senior administration officials. The changes would end the most controversial part of the bulk phone records program, a major focus of privacy concerns since its existence was leaked last year. |
| Under the plan the administration is now advocating, the officials said, the government would no longer systematically collect and store records of calling data. Instead, it would obtain individual orders from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to obtain only records linked to phone numbers a judge agrees are likely tied to terrorism. |
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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/25/us/obama-to-seek-nsa-curb-on-call-data.html?emc=edit_na_20140324 |
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