NSA Releases First Statistics on Surveillance Sweep

The logo of the National Security Agency hangs at the Threat Operations Center in Fort Meade, Maryland on January 25, 2006 (AFP Photo/Paul J. Richards)

news.yahoo.com - AFP - June 27, 2014

Washington (AFP) - The US National Security Agency released its first "transparency report" Friday, as part of an effort to quell the firestorm over reports of its massive data collection efforts.

The NSA report said that in 2013, it obtained fewer than 2,000 orders from the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.

That included 1,767 orders based on "probable cause" for an investigation, and 131 orders allowing the agency to collect data using a so-called "pen register" or "trap and trace."

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IC on the Record - Statistical Transparency Report Regarding Use of National Security Authorities
Annual Statistics for Calendar Year 2013

Statistical Transparency Report Regarding Use of National Security Authorities (5 page .PDF report)

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