NSA deleted surveillance data it pledged to preserve

"Pollutico" ^ | 1-19-2018 | Josh Gerstein

[grey_whiskers]

The agency tells a federal judge that it is investigating and 'sincerely regrets its failure.'

The National Security Agency destroyed surveillance data it pledged to preserve in connection with pending lawsuits and apparently never took some of the steps it told a federal court it had taken to make sure the information wasn’t destroyed, according to recent court filings.

Word of the NSA’s foul-up is emerging just as Congress has extended for six years the legal authority the agency uses for much of its surveillance work conducted through U.S. internet providers and tech firms. President Donald Trump signed that measure into law Friday.

[grey_whiskers]

Just as Pollutico broke the news of Obama blocking law enforcement from going after Hamas drug running, now they come out with this.

I call it a Surveillance State. Remember Maxine Waters' talk of Obama's biggest database evah. It started here.

[grey_whiskers]

*PING*.

Pollutico got something right...

[high info voter]

More corruption of our country by OBAMA, the muslim POS phony ass president who entertained the muslim brotherhood on OUR WHITE HOUSE!

[Lurkinanloomin]

Ooopsy

[gaijin]

[gaijin]

[Mr. N. Wolfe]

I wonder if anyone is going to be held accountable for the deleted surveillance data.

[Billthedrill]

There are no mistakes at this level. This was deliberate. And they’ll get away with it.

[G Larry]

It is NOT POSSIBLE to be an “honest mistake”.

It requires a focused effort to make the primary and back-up data disappear.

[Fungi]

Well, well, well, look at this. An agency that supposedly hears and records everything that is said by everyone, cannot “recall” anything when it is required by law. So tell me, what side is this agency’s side on, to whom are they accountable to, and what purpose are they serving? The NSA needs to be abolished, along with 90 percent of the federal government. Louis Lerner: “I have done nothing wrong” can be their excuse. This must stop. Drain this nefarious swamp now.

[texas booster]

You forgot to add the “/sarc” tag after your comment.

Unless you couldn't imagine that anyone wouldn't get the sarcasm. Anyone like me.

But no, no one will be held accountable.

Some pigs are always more equal than others, and their friend pigs as well.

[Brilliant]

Bullshit. There is a pattern here. The government is run by criminals.

[TruthWillWin]

You mean like wiped with a cloth?

[WASCWatch]

It wasn’t a mistake, and the evidence wasn’t destroyed. Computer data never goes away.

[ClearCase_guy]

Certainly true. This is what these guys do for a living. All actions were deliberate. But, you know, whatever ...

[Revel]

Contempt of Court!

[grey_whiskers]

You mean like wiped with a cloth?

^%#*!!

I quit FRee Republic.

You win the Internet forever.

[Billyv]

It’s not gone, only put in ‘eyes only’ files. Not for those who love the Constitution. These people live in spy novels.

Six days in May. Three days of the Condor. And .........

[Secret Agent Man]

If they would just automatically throw everyone involved with “deleted” data in jail in cases like this for at least 20years no chance of parole, in a max security facility...

[CJ Wolf]