The DEA Just Ended A Secret 15-Year Phone Call Spying Program

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The DEA Just Ended A Secret 15-Year Phone Call Spying Program
Reuters

John Shiffman, Reuters
Jan. 16, 2015, 5:40 PM


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has halted a secret, nearly 15-year program that collected virtually all data on international calls between the United States and certain countries, according to documents and officials familiar with the matter.

The sweeping bulk DEA database program was stopped in September 2013, shortly after elements were revealed by Reuters and then The New York Times, according to a redacted court filing made public on Thursday and U.S. officials...

...The 2013 Reuters report disclosed that federal agents were trained to conceal the role of Special Operations Division and its techniques in certain cases. This deceptive process, the agents said, is commonly called "parallel construction."

Agents had been directed to obscure how such investigations truly began - not only from defense lawyers but also sometimes from prosecutors and judges...

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