David McCloskey

The National Security Agency is currently collecting the telephone records of millions of U.S. customers of Verizon, one of America's largest telecoms providers, under a top secret court order issued in April.

The National Security Agency is currently collecting the telephone records of millions of U.S. customers of Verizon, one of America's largest telecoms providers, under a top secret court order issued in April.

The National Security Agency is currently collecting the telephone records of millions of U.S. customers of Verizon, one of America's largest telecoms providers, under a top secret court order issued in April.

The order, a copy of which has been obtained by The Guardian, requires Verizon on a quote, ongoing daily basis to give the NSA information on all telephone calls in its systems, both within the U.S. and between the U.S. and other countries. The document shows for the first time that under the Obama administration, the communications records of millions of U.S.

The order, a copy of which has been obtained by The Guardian, requires Verizon on a quote, ongoing daily basis to give the NSA information on all telephone calls in its systems, both within the U.S. and between the U.S. and other countries. The document shows for the first time that under the Obama administration, the communications records of millions of U.S.

The order, a copy of which has been obtained by The Guardian, requires Verizon on a quote, ongoing daily basis to give the NSA information on all telephone calls in its systems, both within the U.S. and between the U.S. and other countries. The document shows for the first time that under the Obama administration, the communications records of millions of U.S.

citizens are being collected indiscriminately and in bulk, regardless of whether they are suspected of any wrongdoing. The disclosure is likely to reignite longstanding debates in the U.S. over the proper extent of the government's domestic spying powers. Well, welcome to The Rest Is Classified. I'm David McCloskey. And I'm Gordon Carrera.

citizens are being collected indiscriminately and in bulk, regardless of whether they are suspected of any wrongdoing. The disclosure is likely to reignite longstanding debates in the U.S. over the proper extent of the government's domestic spying powers. Well, welcome to The Rest Is Classified. I'm David McCloskey. And I'm Gordon Carrera.

citizens are being collected indiscriminately and in bulk, regardless of whether they are suspected of any wrongdoing. The disclosure is likely to reignite longstanding debates in the U.S. over the proper extent of the government's domestic spying powers. Well, welcome to The Rest Is Classified. I'm David McCloskey. And I'm Gordon Carrera.

And that, for those who have been listening to our series on Edward Snowden, is the first time, thank you, Gordon, that I have not been forced to read an opening quote from Edward Snowden's memoir, Permanent Record. That is instead... a quote from an absolute bombshell of a new story dropped by The Guardian on June 5th, 2013.

And that, for those who have been listening to our series on Edward Snowden, is the first time, thank you, Gordon, that I have not been forced to read an opening quote from Edward Snowden's memoir, Permanent Record. That is instead... a quote from an absolute bombshell of a new story dropped by The Guardian on June 5th, 2013.

And that, for those who have been listening to our series on Edward Snowden, is the first time, thank you, Gordon, that I have not been forced to read an opening quote from Edward Snowden's memoir, Permanent Record. That is instead... a quote from an absolute bombshell of a new story dropped by The Guardian on June 5th, 2013.

And I will note, though, Gordon, in my effort to take extreme offense at all opening quotes, that this story was broken by a British newspaper, which is also offensive to me. But also an American journalist.

And I will note, though, Gordon, in my effort to take extreme offense at all opening quotes, that this story was broken by a British newspaper, which is also offensive to me. But also an American journalist.

And I will note, though, Gordon, in my effort to take extreme offense at all opening quotes, that this story was broken by a British newspaper, which is also offensive to me. But also an American journalist.

That's right. That's right. Well, and for those tuning in here, we are on our fourth episode of our journey into the darkness of Edward Snowden's leaks.

That's right. That's right. Well, and for those tuning in here, we are on our fourth episode of our journey into the darkness of Edward Snowden's leaks.

That's right. That's right. Well, and for those tuning in here, we are on our fourth episode of our journey into the darkness of Edward Snowden's leaks.

And we are now finally at a point in the story where after Edward Snowden has taken this information, He has got about one and a half million documents on various sort of SD cards and hard drives. He is in Hong Kong now, sort of ensconced in a disgusting hotel room filled with cartons of takeaway food.

And we are now finally at a point in the story where after Edward Snowden has taken this information, He has got about one and a half million documents on various sort of SD cards and hard drives. He is in Hong Kong now, sort of ensconced in a disgusting hotel room filled with cartons of takeaway food.