Internet Metadata Collection
Bulk NSA Internet Program Shows the Complete Incoherence of Surveillance Law
Timothy Edgar Fri, Nov 20, 2015, 9:45 AM
The NSA ended its program involving bulk collection of Internet metadata inside the United States in 2011. This Internet metadata program was the genesis of the legal theory that authorizes bulk collection under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Its demise has always been a bit mysterious, and the government has only ever said that it determined the program was no longer sufficiently valuable to justify it.