President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that the National Security Agency had violated Americans’ privacy through unauthorized collection of phone and text message data, seemingly attempting to tie the data collection to the investigation of special counsel Robert Mueller.
“Wow! The NSA has deleted 685 million phone calls and text messages. Privacy violations?” the president wrote on Twitter Tuesday. “They blame technical irregularities. Such a disgrace. The Witch Hunt continues!”
The NSA announced late last month that it was deleting improperly collected phone and text message records that date back as far as 2015, according to The Associated Press. The agency blamed “technical irregularities” for the unauthorized collection of data. In its June 29 statement announcing the deletion, the NSA said it had addressed its processes to fix the problem that allowed the records to be collected in the first place.
There is no known connection between the NSA’s deletion of communications records and Mueller’s probe, which Trump generally refers to as a “witch hunt.” The president did not make clear in his tweet what connection he was alleging.
The White House did not immediately respond to an email seeking clarity on the connection between the NSA and the Mueller probe and what, exactly, Trump believes to be a “disgrace” — the collection of the data or its deletion.
A disgrace is Jeff Sessions and a plea deal for Awan.
overthecliff
Zero justice. The country is long gone… Chip
glad you clarified who you are cliffie,i thought the o was the new purple obama–
so has Trump committed not to use that data?
Or bomb any more countries or fight any more wars for Israel? or really build The Wall, Audit the Fed and gold, end ChemSpraying, Disclose UFO Info, stop toxic GMOs and Vaccines, stop government Global Warming and Economic Lies, arrest the Clintons et all? Time will tell…
Were none of those phone calls collected made by Flynn, Papadopolous, Gates, Manafort, Cohen, Trump and family?
Trump could:
Stop NSA data gathering
Stop the zionists at the Fed who are inflating/taxing us into poverty
Stop the rape of American households by the healthcare/insurance cabal
Stop the corporate welfare system and reverse his dismal record
Stop the endless wars and reverse his increased military spending
Stop the FSA welfare to imigrants coming over the border from around the world/Mex/SA/ME
He COULD do SOMETHING, but won’t. ANOTHER empty suit.
He does occasionally tweet about some of those issues.
Isn’t that enough.
The collection (well known to ALL OF US), has been going on 24/7/365 under his watch. The NSA is an EXECUTIVE BRANCH agency….meaning HE is 100% in control IF HE WISHES TO BE.
No excuses Mr. Trump.
BG- Is it enough for you? Will you send your children to die in banker wars with the tweetster telling you it is great, fabulous, YOU are going to love it…..he promises. Is it still enough that he is not Hillary? Is it enough that he just appears to be doing something in YOUR interest?