Secretive White House Surveillance Program Gives Cops Access to Trillions of US Phone Records
A WIRED analysis of leaked police documents verifies that a secretive government program is allowing federal, state, and local law enforcement to access phone records of Americans who are not suspected of a crime
By News on the Net -- WIRED —— Bio and Archives--November 22, 2023
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A little-known surveillance program tracks more than a trillion domestic phone records within the United States each year, according to a letter WIRED obtained that was sent by US senator Ron Wyden to the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Sunday, challenging the program’s legality.
According to the letter, a
surveillance program now known as Data Analytical Services (DAS) has for
more than a decade allowed federal, state, and local law enforcement
agencies to mine the details of Americans’ calls, analyzing the phone
records of countless people who are not suspected of any crime,
including victims. Using a technique known as chain analysis, the
program targets not only those in direct phone contact with a criminal
suspect but anyone with whom those individuals have been in contact as
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