NSA Director Admits That They Are Collecting Data From Social Networks But They Are Also Building No 'Dossiers" On Americans

The head of the NSA said the secretive intelligence service does not compile data on Americans' use of social networks

NSA Chief Denies Report On Social Network Spying -- Economic Times

The head of the National Security Agency said onWednesday the secretive intelligence service does not compile data on Americans' use of social networks, dismissing a media report as "wrong."

General Keith Alexander told a Senate hearing that a New York Times article "jumped to the conclusion this was done on Americans, that's not true."

He told the Judiciary Committee that the NSA, which has been under fire following revelations about vast surveillance efforts which collect data on Americans, only uses social networks when it is investigating "someone who is part of a terrorist investigation."

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More News On The NSA Trawling Social Networks For Intel

NSA: Social Network Searches, but No Dossiers -- ABC News/AP
NSA Director says agency trawls social networks, but isn’t building dossiers on Americans -- Washington Post/AP
NSA’s ‘sophisticated graphs’ targeting Americans inaccurate: Gen. Alexander -- UPI
NSA Director: We Don't Spy on Americans' Social Networks -- Mashable

WNU Editor: The New York Times article that raised the above questions is the following .... N.S.A. Gathers Data on Social Connections of U.S. Citizens -- New York Times