NSA phone data collection 'illegal', US court rules
A former NSA employee Edward Snowden has leaked info about collecting data from private phone lines. Since then he has fled to Russia. The program hasn't been stopped yet but the supreme court is urging congress to take action. The NSA has been collecting phone numbers called and the times when they were called but not the actual content of conversations. Don't worry they aren't monitoring peoples conversations. Also it may have spied on some European businesses.
I think that the NSA shouldn't be doing this in the first place. I understand that since 911 terrorism has been an issue but I don't know if this is the answer. We have the freedom to privacy and that shouldn't be broken. I think that the NSA should try to protect us in other ways or try and get warrants on the people they are really worried about.
This related to AP gov because it deals with right to privacy and the patriot act which allows the government to interfere with the right to privacy with some limitations. It also shows the bill amending process.
