Sen. Ron Wyden , D-Ore., revealed in a letter published Thursday that the outgoing director of the National Security Agency , Gen. Paul Nakasone, told him last month that the NSA purchases internet data on Americans in bulk and without a warrant.
“As you know, U.S. intelligence agencies are purchasing personal data about Americans that would require a court order if the government demanded it from communications companies … In addition, the National Security Agency (NSA) is buying Americans’ domestic internet metadata,” Wyden said in a letter to Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines.
Attached to Wyden’s letter is correspondence with Nakasone, who confirmed the NSA’s data purchases to him last month.
“NSA acquires various types of [commercially available information] for foreign intelligence, cybersecurity and other authorized mission purposes, to include enhancing its signal intelligence and cybersecurity missions,” […]
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