
The NSA Surveillance Order, Explained by the ACLU

By Alex Abdo, Former Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project
June 6, 2013 | 6:00 PM
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court order released yesterday by The Guardian reveals that the U.S. government is regularly tracking the phone calls of potentially millions of Americans.
ACLU attorneys have been monitoring the U.S. government’s use of the Patriot Act for years, and this document confirms our biggest fears. Have a look at the notes we’ve made on the court order to see how we understand what it says about the powers the government claims. (Just click on the document below and hover on the red dots to see our comments. This embed will serve content from thinglink.com.)


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