A blockbuster posted Saturday by CNET article alleges that the national security agency has the power to listen to phone calls of Americans without a warrant.
That bold statement illuminated social media, but also drew skepticism, with many arguing that it seemed to be based on a misunderstanding.
The basis of the CNET article that focused on an exchange between Representative Jerrold Nadler (DN.And) and FBI Director Robert Mueller at a hearing on Thursday. (See above). During the interrogation, Nadler said that in a separate report, behind closed doors, he had said that NSA analysts can listen to the content of a telephone call at the discretion of the analyst.
Given the apparent illegality of listen to phone calls of Americans without warrants, some questioned whether Nadler understood the report cited. From the Saturday night, several publications were not able to reach the Congressman for comment.
Kevin Drum completo Mother Jones writes that "information of that phone" can mean one of many things, and that Nadler may have been "confused the capacity of an analyst to obtain information for a phone number of the Subscriber with the ability to listen to the call of its own." Julian Sanchez of regulations wrote Nadler can refers to a set of circumstances that is narrower than the CNET article involved.
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