NSA authorization to collect bulk phone data extended to June 1
A U.S. secret court has extended until June 1 the controversial bulk collection of private phone records of Americans by the National Security Agency.
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Lawyer: NSA phone records program amounts to 'tyranny'
The U.S. National Security Agency's mass collection of telephone records within the country is an unprecedented violation of privacy by the government, a lawyer challenging the surveillance program argued Tuesday.
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US NSA granted extension to collect bulk phone data
The U.S. National Security Agency has been allowed to continue to collect phone records in bulk of people in the country, while lawmakers consider new legislation that would block the agency from collecting the data.
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In potential conflict with FISA court, California court wants NSA phone records kept
A court in California has prohibited the destruction of phone records collected by the government until further orders, raising a potential conflict with an order last week by the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in Washington, D.C.
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US judges say FISA court privacy advocate may be counterproductive
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court judges have said the creation of a privacy advocate in the secret court could be counterproductive and hamper its work.