NSA Collects Telephone Records Of Millions Of Verizon Customers

The National Security Agency is collecting the telephone records of millions of Verizon customers. The Guardian reports, the NSA received permission in April from the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. The order covers a three month period that ends July 19. The scope of the permission is unusual. Most FISA orders cover named suspects in specific cases. The blanket order forces Verizon to hand over data on location, time, duration and unique identifiers of wireless calls. But NSA can't see what people said on the calls.