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The metadata collected under this order may be kept online (that is, accessible for queries by cleared analysts) for five years, at which point it shall be destroyed. — Phone dragnet order, December 12, 2008 The Government “takes its preservation obligations with the utmost seriousness,” said a filing signed by Assistant Attorneys General John Carlin […]
I’m sure I’ll spend all day discussing the various proposals to “fix” the dragnet. I’ve already shown why the House Intelligence bill is not an improvement and should not be discussed by credible people as one. And on Twitter and briefly in that piece, I described two problems that aren’t addressed at all in either […]
The report is here. I will do a running update of my comments. Page references will be to the report page numbers, not PDF. (4) Note PCLOB had access to “various inspector general reports.” (6) Note the dates when WH got these conclusions. (9) PCLOB confirms what I was the first to point out: this […]
As bmaz noted, WaPo reported today that NSA has been collecting billions of phone records a day, including cell location information. Once again, when the NSA says it has stopped or doesn’t conduct a practice, it means only it has stopped the practice in the US, even though it still collects US person data overseas. […]
Please support this kind of weedy journalism. I’m in the process of going really deep in the weeds on this Section 215 stuff, just adjusting my earlier timelines. Several of us have noted the curious timing of the discovery of the problems with Section 215 dragnet. November 2, 2008 was the stated high number of […]
OK, this will be my last post (at least today) to attempt to understand why some Internet providers incurred so many costs associated with the response to the FISA Court’s October 3, 2011 decision that the government had improperly collected US person data as part of Multiple Communication Transactions. For the moment, I’m going to […]
Reuters is carrying a remarkable article today on an interview conducted with the current US Commander in Afghanistan, Joseph Dunford. I say the article is remarkable because it is a perfect embodiment of the extreme dishonesty the military has used so that it can continue to convey the message that we are “winning” in Afghanistan. […]
Former NSA Counsel Stewart Baker has been in an increasingly urgent froth since Edward Snowden’s leaks first became public trying to prove that the NSA should have more, not less, unchecked authority. He outdid himself yesterday with an attempt to respond to Jack Goldsmith’s question, How is the NSA Director Alexander’s claim that “we can audit the […]
The Electronic Privacy Information Center has filed a writ of mandamus to SCOTUS to overturn the Section 215 order turning over all of Verizon’s call records to the NSA. Let me be clear: this is a moon shot. I’m doubtful it’ll work. A really helpful post at SCOTUSblog on the effort emphasizes how unusual this […]
July 2002: CAU formed March 14, 2003: First exigent letter issued in NY May 2003: First contract with telecom for onsite exigent assistance March 2004: Last contract with telecom for onsite exigent assistance February 2, 2005: Operation W NSL signed; Tracker database attempted February 2006: Procedures to verify factual accuracy of FISA applications March 9, […]
