The NSA responded today toVermont Senator Bernie Sanders ’ letterasking if the agency spies on member of the U.S. Congress and other elected official . Its reply says the NSA treats Congress the same as regular citizens . Which seems like a roundabout way of saying “ yes . ”
Here ’s the precise phraseology of the statement , courtesy The Guardian :
NSA ’s authorization to collect signals intelligence datum include procedure that protect the seclusion of US persons . Such protective cover are built into and cut across the entire process . Members of Congress have the same privateness protections as all US person . NSA is fully committed to transparence with Congress .
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Does this mean that members of Congress might be usinghacked iPhonesorother devices with NSA backdoors ? The NSA sure is n’t going out of its manner to say anything to the contrary . Meanwhile , the agency ’s ( most likely illegal ) phone records collection program just got a 90 - day extension from James Clapper , director of national intelligence . lie with that Congress is likely being snoop on too is very , very low solace . [ The Guardian ]
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