Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act( FISA) is a 35 year old act in United States which prescribes procedures for collection of intelligence and surveillance on powers and citizens suspected to be connected with espionage or terrorism.
The head of the National Security Agency, Gen. Keith Alexander, while deposing before a a House committee reviewing the agency's surveillance activities, denied that the United States collected telephone and e-mail records directly from European citizens. He called reports based on leaks by Edward Snowden "completely false."
"To be perfectly clear, this is not information that we collected on European citizens. It represents information that we, and our NATO allies, have collected in defense of our countries and in support of military operations," the NSA director told the House committee .
Alexander claimed that intelligence gathering activities has saved lives in US, Europe and around the world."
The head of the National Security Agency, Gen. Keith Alexander, while deposing before a a House committee reviewing the agency's surveillance activities, denied that the United States collected telephone and e-mail records directly from European citizens. He called reports based on leaks by Edward Snowden "completely false."
"To be perfectly clear, this is not information that we collected on European citizens. It represents information that we, and our NATO allies, have collected in defense of our countries and in support of military operations," the NSA director told the House committee .
Alexander claimed that intelligence gathering activities has saved lives in US, Europe and around the world."
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