NSA Records All Calls in 2 Countries, Report Says

The NSA collects and stores practically all phone calls — including both metadata and content — inside the Bahamas, according to a new report by The Intercept.

The program, revealed by documents provided by Edward Snowden, is called SOMALGET, and is part of a broader surveillance effort named MYSTIC, which was revealed by The Washington Post in March.

SOMALGET is used to intercept and store the audio of every phone call in the Bahamas and another country, which The Intercept agreed not to name "in response to specific, credible concerns that doing so could lead to increased violence." The digital publication, however, does name three countries where the MYSTIC program, which allows the NSA to sweep up metadata, is in place as of 2013: Mexico, Kenya, and the Philippines Read more...