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Author Bergen, Peter, author

Title Do NSA's bulk surveillance programs stop terrorists? / Peter Bergen, David Sterman, Emily Schneider, and Bailey Cahall
Published Washington, DC : New America Foundation, 2014
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Description 1 online resource (32 pages) : illustrations
Summary This analysis of 225 individuals recruited by al-Qaeda or a like-minded group or inspired by al-Qaeda's ideology, and charged in the United States with an act of terrorism since 9/11, demonstrates that traditional investigative methods, such as the use of informants, tips from local communities, and targeted intelligence operations, provided the initial impetus for investigations in the majority of cases, while the contribution of NSA's bulk surveillance programs to these cases was minimal. Indeed, the controversial bulk collection of American telephone metadata, which includes the telephone numbers that originate and receive calls, as well as the time and date of those calls but not their content, under Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act, appears to have played an identifiable role in initiating, at most, 1.8 percent of these cases. NSA programs involving the surveillance of non-U.S. persons outside of the United States under Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act played a role in 4.4 percent of the terrorism cases we examined, and NSA surveillance under an unidentified authority played a role in 1.3 percent of the cases we examined
Notes "January 2014."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 24-31)
Notes Online resource; title from PDF caption (NAF, viewed January 13, 2014)
Subject United States. National Security Agency -- Rules and practice -- Evaluation
SUBJECT United States. National Security Agency. fast (OCoLC)fst00529218
Subject Terrorism -- United States -- Prevention
Electronic surveillance -- Evaluation
Terrorism -- Prevention.
United States.
Form Electronic book
Author Sterman, David, author
Schneider, Emily, author
Cahall, Bailey, author
New American Foundation, issuing body.
Other Titles Do the National Security Agency's bulk surveillance programs stop terrorists?