The NSA is temporarily copying every single email and text message that is sent between persons in the United States and abroad not just the communications of suspected terrorists.
According to reports, NSA uses software to make a clone of these communications and then the computer searches the communications within seconds for keywords that give the government any indications
of terrorism. Flagged communications are then saved for human analysts to later examine. Emails that aren't flagged are deleted.
Read the whole story at Mother Jones »
