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USA-NSA: NSA phone record collection does little to prevent terrorist attacks, group says

12 January 2014

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"An analysis of 225 terrorism cases inside the United States since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks has concluded that the bulk collection of phone records by the National Security Agency “has had no discernible impact on preventing acts of terrorism.”"

See the article: NSA phone record collection does little to prevent terrorist attacks, group says (Washington Post, link)

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