Report: NSA Surveillance Programs Do Little To Prevent Terrorist Attacks

NSA Phone Record Collection Does Little To Prevent Terrorist Attacks, Group Says -- Washington Post

An analysis of 225 terrorism cases inside the United States since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks has concluded that the bulk collection of phone records by the National Security Agency “has had no discernible impact on preventing acts of terrorism.”

In the majority of cases, traditional law enforcement and investigative methods provided the tip or evidence to initiate the case, according to the study by the New America Foundation, a Washington-based nonprofit group.

The study, to be released Monday, corroborates the findings of a White House-appointed review group, which said last month that the NSA counterterrorism program “was not essential to preventing attacks” and that much of the evidence it did turn up “could readily have been obtained in a timely manner using conventional [court] orders.”

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Report: NSA data collection does little to prevent terrorism -- UPI
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Study: NSA data hoarding doesn’t stop terror attacks -- Salon
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WNU Editor: The New American Foundation study can be read here.