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Court Denies NSA Request To Hold Phone Records Beyond 5 Years

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Ripped from the obsolete web site:

"As Slashdot readers will remember, last month the U.S government 
'petitioned the court system' to let the NSA retain phone call metadata 
for more than 5 years, ironically 'because it needs to preserve it as 
evidence for the various privacy lawsuits filed against the 
government.' Well, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court has 
ruled against that request. The FISC's Presiding Judge Reggie B. Walton 
ruled Friday (PDF 
["http://www.uscourts.gov/uscourts/courts/fisc/br14-01-opinion-140307.pdf"]) 
that the proposed amended procedures would further infringe on the 
privacy interests of U.S. persons whose 'telephone records were 
acquired in vast numbers and retained by the government for five years 
to aid in national security investigation.'"

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While I'm sure some people will cheer this decision, it is pretty 
obvious that there is no way that the FISC can enforce this ruling.  
Who has the knowledge and clearance to audit the NSA's data, isn't part 
of the NSA, and can be trusted by the citizenry at large?  What 
consequences would the NSA's employees or director face for keeping 
this information in violation of the court order?

As long as the NSA has the capability they will use it.

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