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FISA Court Authorizes Six-Month Metadata Transition Period

Thursday, July 2nd, 2015

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FISA Court Authorizes Six-Month Metadata Transition Period

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The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) approved the federal government’s application to renew the Section 215 telephone metadata program for a six-month transition program, the Justice Department and Director of National Intelligence said in a joint press statement.The USA Freedom Act of 2015 banned bulk metadata collection under Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act while providing for a new mechanism to obtain such data from telephone providers (Defense Daily, May 15). The law also provides for a 180-day transition…

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