U.S. Privacy Board Says NSA Internet Spying Program Is Effective but Worrying
The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA)’s data collection program has been an effective tool to enhance the country’s security but some elements of the cyber-spying raises privacy concerns, a U.S. federal privacy watchdog said in a report.
Privacy issues have become a hot topic since former NSA contractor Edward Snowden exposed the spy agency’s phone and Internet spying programs.
But the program has allowed the government to collect a greater range of foreign intelligence “quickly and effectively,” the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board said in a report released on Wednesday.
It added, however, that certain aspects of the program raise questions about whether its impact on U.S. persons pushes it over the edge into “constitutional unreasonableness”.
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