Nat'l Security Agency (N S A ) Harvests Americans’ Email Contacts (390 hits)
The National Security Agency collects contact lists of email and instant message services from users worldwide, and Americans are among those whose data is being harvested. The revelations, from senior intelligence officials and documents provided by NSA leaker Edward Snowden, were reported by The Washington Post on Monday. The program feeds off email address books and buddy lists transmitted by various online services when users sign on, write a message, or sync their computers or mobile devices to one another, The Post reported.
