Obama’s NSA nominee defends mass collection of Americans’ telephone metadata

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Obama’s NSA nominee defends mass collection of Americans’ telephone metadata
By Agence France-Presse
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 13:02 EDT

The nominee to head the US National Security Agency on Tuesday defended the use of bulk data collection but said he also wants more transparency about the secretive spy service.

Vice Admiral Michael Rogers, nominated by President Barack Obama to head the agency at the center of a public firestorm over surveillance, told lawmakers the NSA needs to be able to access the vast amounts of metadata to be able to thwart terror attacks.

In a written response to questions from a Senate panel, Rogers said he sees a need to maintain the law authorizing bulk collection of phone records, known as Section 215, which has come under fire for trampling on the rights of Americans and others.

“The telephone metadata program under Section 215 was designed to map the communications of terrorists so we can see who they may be in contact with as quickly as possible,” Rogers said.

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