After Senate vote, NSA prepares to shut down phone tracking program
I think "shut down" means "move to collect via other means which are currently classified".
Once the tiger has tasted human blood it is always a man-eater.<p>They have ONE and ONLY one mandate "Collect all the things".<p>There is virtually no chance that the NSA will stop collecting this information until there is actual meaningful oversight.<p>If DNI James Clapper can directly lie to Congress publicly and face no consequences & the CIA is able to spy on the Senators & then whitewash it - there is zero credibility left in any intelligence agency following the rules. At this point we might as well say it - we have let loose the dogs and now are at their mercy.