NSA improperly collected US phone records in October, new documents show
Source: The Hill
BY MORGAN CHALFANT - 06/26/19 09:30 AM EDT
The National Security Agency (NSA) improperly collected records on American phone calls and texts last year, according to new documents obtained and released by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
The error occurred between Oct. 3 and Oct. 12, the documents show, and had not been previously disclosed. The documents were obtained by the ACLU through a Freedom of Information Act request.
The incident occurred four months after the NSA said it had deleted scores U.S. records that were collected since 2015 due to a separate error. The records contained details on the duration of U.S. phone calls but not the content of them.
The NSA did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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