More Disturbing NSA Revelations Disclosed

Revealed: NSA Collected 56,000 Emails That Had Nothing To Do With Terror... And The Agency Can Monitor 75% Of All U.S. Internet Traffic -- Daily Mail/Reuters/AP

* On Wednesday secret court documents released showing how NSA collected up to 56,000 emails a year written by innocent Americans
* NSA's capacity to monitor 75 percent of U.S. online traffic is a bigger figure than officials have publicly disclosed, revealed on Tuesday
* Surveillance data comes from phone companies, internet firms and massive system of online monitoring

The nation's top intelligence official is declassifying three secret U.S. court opinions that reveal yet more details about how the National Security Agency has spied on Americans, it was announced on Wednesday.

The shocking documents show how the NSA inadvertently scooped up as many as 56,000 emails annually over three years, even though they were written by people with no connection to terrorism.

The court opinions also reveal how the NSA reported the error in 2011. The court then ordered the agency to find ways to limit what it collects and how long it keeps it.

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