Tripling Its Collection, NSA Sucked Up Over 530 Million US Phone Records in 2017

[Bob the Slob]

https://www.commondreams.org/news/20...e-records-2017

The National Security Agency (NSA) collected over 530 million phone records of Americans in 2017—that's three times the amount the spy agency sucked up in 2016.The figures were released Friday in an annual report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI).
It shows that the number of "call detail records" the agency collected from telecommunications providers during Trump's first year in office was 534 million, compared to 151 million the year prior.

"The intelligence community's transparency has yet to extend to explaining dramatic increases in their collection," said Robyn Greene, policy counsel at the Open Technology Institute.

Trump must be doing this for Putin. What other reason could there be to spy on hundreds of millions of Americans?

[Grokmaster]

I dunno; maybe you'd better ask Putin's $#@!..you know....this guy:









As opposed to the President who has bombed Russians and their allies in Syria more than once...

[texan]

https://www.commondreams.org/news/20...e-records-2017



Trump must be doing this for Putin. What other reason could there be to spy on hundreds of millions of Americans?

No they didn't says the honorable James Clapper.