NSA Insists It Doesn't Have 'The Ability' To Spy On American Emails, Texts, Etc.

from the are-they-just-lying? dept

Earlier this week, we wrote about an excellent and detailed article in Wired about the efforts by the NSA to collect and store pretty much all communications data they could get their hands on -- whether originating in the US or not (despite clear rules that the NSA is only supposed to deal with foreign threats and communications). Some of that report merely confirmed earlier stories and news reports about programs like the warrantless wiretapping program the NSA runs, as well as deals with major telcos to allow NSA equipment directly on the network at key points to collect data. But parts of it broke some new news about the extent and depth of the NSA's data collection program, as well as its efforts to break the encryption that protects certain communications. As we noted, it was all pretty terrifying.

The article appears to have caught the attention of Congress as well, with Rep. Hank Johnson directly asking NSA boss General Keith Alexander (who you may remember from his FUD warnings about Anonymous taking down power grids) about whether or not various points made in the article are true, and Alexander denies them all, insisting that the NSA has neither the technical nor the legal capabilities to capture and sift through communications from Americans.

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