Documents Show NSA Phone Program Provided 1,000 Terror Tips A Year To FBI -- Wall Street Journal
Newly Declassified Documents Were Released Late Friday
The National Security Agency's phone-surveillance program generated more than 1,000 tips a year to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, according to newly declassified documents.
The court documents, released late Friday by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, are frequently repetitive and contain a significant number of redacted sections, but also contain intriguing footnotes suggesting how frequently the NSA's phone program leads to or supplements domestic terrorism probes.
In 2006, the phone records program generated an average of two such tips a day, according to a document from November of that year. That would mean more than 700 a year.
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Update: New documents: NSA provided 2-3 daily “tips” to FBI for at least 3 years -- Ars Technica
My Comment: That is a lot of tips.
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