LIVE NOW: NSA Head Testifies Before Senate Cmte

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General Keith B. Alexander, NSA director, is set to testify before the Senate Appropriations Committee today at 2:00 ET.

LIVE NOW:

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Gen. Alexander is the same man who testified last March…

Rep. Johnson: Does the NSA intercept Americans’ cell phone conversations?

General Alexander: No.

Google searches?
No.

Text messages?
No.

Amazon.com orders?
No.

Bank records?
No.

What judicial consent is required for NSA to intercept communications and information involving American citizens?
Within the United States, that would be the FBI lead. If it were a foreign actor in the United States, the FBI would still have to lead. It could work that with NSA or other intelligence agencies as authorized. But to conduct that kind of collection in the United States it would have to go through a court order, and the court would have to authorize it. We’re not authorized to do it, nor do we do it.

WILL HE BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE?

ACTIVISM ALERT: Contact members of  the Senate Appropriations Committee to demand they hold the NSA accountable today!

(202) 224-3121. (A switchboard operator will connect you directly with the Senate office you request.)