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NSA cites Reagan-era executive order to justify collection of cellphone location data

The National Security Agency is collecting location data daily from tens of millions of cell phones around the world. The data collection program, dubbed CO-TRAVELER, was solely about foreign communications. The agency says the program complies fully with restrictions in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Groups like the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union have dubbed the data collection as unconstitutional and likened it to dragnet surveillance conducted without legal authority. The only domestic intelligence program that involves bulk collection of data by the NSA falls under the purview of Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act.”]

Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2134214/nsa-cites-reagan-era-executive-order-to-justify-collection-of-cellphone-location-dat.html

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