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U.S. Phone Records Program Reveals Covert Drug Enforcement Activities

Calendar Apr 08, 2015 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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data collection surveillance privacy issues justice department phone records covert programs drug enforcement
The U.S. started keeping from 1992 records of international phone calls made by Americans, under a joint program of the Department of Justice and the Drug Enforcement Administration, according to a newspaper report. The secret program, which aimed to counter drug trafficking, collected logs of