The National Security Agency (NSA) is in the process of deleting hundreds of millions of phone records that were acquired since 2015, saying “irregularities” caused the agency to collect unauthorized call records.
In a statement released on June 28, the agency said that they began deleting the call records (CDRs) on May 23 to stay consistent with their core values of respect for the law, accountability, integrity, and transparency. The records were obtained under Title V of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
