Is The NSA Spying On Obama? -- iol News
Washington - A US official acknowledged Tuesday that the NSA likely scoops up data on congressional phone communications, but stopped short of saying whether such action extends to calls made by President Barack Obama.
The tense exchange occurred during a hearing on the status of the administration's reforms of the secret, bulk data collection program exposed last year by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden.
Deputy Attorney General James Cole, testifying before the House Judiciary Committee, hesitated when asked whether the controversial NSA program that gathers the numbers, call times and lengths of virtually every US phone call extended to communications by members of Congress and executive branch officials.
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Update: US official won't say whether Obama phone data is collected -- Global Post/AFP
My Comment: I suspect that the answer is yes.
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