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- Author
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SCHWARTZ, MATTATHIAS
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COUNTERTERRORISM , *MASS surveillance , *TERRORISTS , *WIRETAPPING ,PATRIOT Act of 2001 - Abstract
The article discusses the U.S. National Security Agency's (N.S.A.'s surveillance policy of collecting phone records in an effort to identify and pursue terrorist suspects. Topics addressed include the legal aspects of the N.S.A.'s collection of phone record metadata under section 215 of the U.S. Patriot Act, as well as the N.S.A.'s and U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation's (F.B.I.'s) use of phone records to arrest Somali-born terrorist suspect Basaaly Moalin in San Diego, California.
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- 2015