SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge in San Francisco stopped the destruction Monday of millions of telephone records collected by the National Security Agency more than five years ago. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White, who is overseeing an invasion-of-privacy lawsuit against the agency, issued a nationwide order Monday to safeguard evidence
Judge’s Order Preserves NSA Surveillance Records
The secret federal court that approved the agency’s surveillance has required that documents be purged after five years for privacy reasons.