U.S. Said to Cite Islamic State in UN Anti-Spying Text Talks
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The U.S. cited the threat posed by Islamic State to avert a United Nations condemnation of collecting metadata in an anti-surveillance resolution backed by Germany and Brazil, diplomats said.
The two countries are seeking a decision today in the General Assembly’s human rights committee on a non-binding resolution on the loss of privacy from surveillance and mass collection of metadata, such as the bulk records of phone calls that are gathered by the U.S. National Security Agency and other intelligence agencies.