http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/intel/RL33424.pdf
Ok, I’ve tried to read this and I will probably spend another week trying to read this.
[i]The statutes that enable the government to gain legal access to telephone records, whether for law enforcement or intelligence purposes, are examined in a newly updated report from the Congressional Research Service.
The report also discusses prohibitions on access to, or disclosure of, such records, along with exceptions to the prohibitions.[/i]
This is NOT from a newspaper, this is what congress is seeing. I consider this to be more authoritative then anything else I have read on the issue.
I think both people for and against the NSA program should read this, because I think it does remove some of the media hype and provides much more factual information.
Now if I could only wrap my hands around it, and understand wtf they are saying. Christ, this is going to take me a week to understand.
Dan
As a follow up, this is worth reading also:
[i]”Terrorist Capabilities for Cyberattack: Overview and Policy Issues,” updated January 22, 2007:[/i]
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/terror/RL33123.pdf