Feinstein Backs Court Orders for NSA Bulk-Phone Records
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The Senate’s intelligence committee chairman said she supports requiring U.S. phone carriers led by Verizon Communications Inc. to hold calling records for use by the National Security Agency, which may speed an end to the spy agency’s collection of that information.
Senator Dianne Feinstein, who had opposed forcing carriers to keep the records, said in an interview in Washington today she backs changes in the NSA program proposed by President Barack Obama. The California Democrat said she wants the White House to send her panel legislative language and that she’ll hold hearings.