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US Spy Chief Reverses Course, Will Not Say How Many Americans Caught in NSA Surveillance (zdnet.com)

Posted by msmash on from the reversing-course dept.

Zack Whittaker, writing for ZDNet: US Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats has refused to say how many Americans have been caught up in the government's surveillance programs, reversing a confirmation pledge he made earlier this year. Coats said at a hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee on the reauthorization of a key foreign surveillance law that it is "infeasible" to provide an estimate of how many Americans' communications have been collected by the National Security Agency. It's a key question that has been raised by senior lawmakers on several occasions of both the Obama and Trump administrations.

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  1. Easy answer by fustakrakich · · Score: 5, Informative

    All of them, and a shitload of people outside the border too.

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  2. Surprised. Not. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    In related news, Webster's dictionary has just updated its entry for "Transparency" to, "see Opaque..."

  3. Easy question to answer by stooo · · Score: 4, Informative

    >> how many Americans have been caught up in the government's surveillance programs
    The answer is 320 million.

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