Secret US court approves further phone tracking
"Clapper has decided to declassify and disclose publicly that the government filed an application with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court seeking renewal of the authority to collect telephony metadata in bulk, and that the court renewed that authority," the statement read.
"This disclosure is consistent with his prior declassification decision and in light of the significant and continuing public interest in the telephony metadata collection programme," the statement read.
In mid-August President Barack Obama pledged to overhaul all US spy programmes amid a debate sparked by leaks of former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, which revealed vast telephone and Internet surveillance programmes.
Obama promised a new era in intelligence with more supervision, transparency and safeguards in the NSA's collection of electronic information.
His administration has however maintained a hard line against the leaking of such information, and is seeking to prosecute Snowden on espionage charges.
After the disclosures Snowden fled to Hong Kong and then to Russia, where he has been granted one year's temporary asylum despite Washington's demands that he be returned.
Source: AFP via I-Net Bridge
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