Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Report reveals NSA collecting instant messaging, e-mail contact lists
[JURIST] The National Security Agency (NSA) [official website] has been collecting contact lists from personal e-mail and instant messaging programs around the world in an attempt to combat terrorism or other criminal activity, according a Washington Post report [text] Monday. The information about the collection came from senior intelligence officials and documents provided by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden [JURIST news archive]. Although the collection of contact lists would be illegal for the NSA to do from facilities in the...
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