NSA Authority to Collect Bulk Phone Metadata Expires

“Snowden Effect” in Action: NSA Authority to Collect Bulk Phone Metadata Expires

DRESDEN, GERMANY - JANUARY 05: A sticker demanding asylum for whistleblower and former NSA worker Edward Snowden hangs stuck to a lamppost on January 5, 2015 in Dresden, Germany. Many Germans favour granting Snowden asylum in Germany following reports that the NSA has conducted extensive eavesrodpping operations in Germany and even listened in on the mobile phone of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

The National Security Agency no longer has authority to collect phone metadata in bulk as of midnight, Saturday, November 28.