NSA has massive database of American calls
May 11, 2006
John Aravosis points to an article in USA Today about how NSA has massive database of Americans' phone calls:
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The National Security Agency has been secretly collecting the phone call records of tens of millions of Americans, using data provided by AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth, people with direct knowledge of the arrangement told USA TODAY.The president promised that the warrantless spying program didn't apply to domestic calls--we now know that he was lying. Again.
The NSA program reaches into homes and businesses across the nation by amassing information about the calls of ordinary Americans  most of whom aren't suspected of any crime. This program does not involve the NSA listening to or recording conversations. But the spy agency is using the data to analyze calling patterns in an effort to detect terrorist activity, sources said in separate interviews. [USA Today]
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