Independent Report Calls NSA Tactics "Illegal", Encourages End

An independent oversight board with the responsibility to review National Security Agency surveillance tactics declared the program illegal and called for the Obama administration to end its mass collection of data on US citizens. In a report scheduled for release Thursday and obtained by Fox News, the Privacy Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) will note the NSA collection policy raises “constitutional concerns” and it will say “The … bulk telephone records program lacks a viable legal foundation,” and it raises “serious threats to privacy and civil liberties” with “only limited value.” Critics say NSA domestic spying failed to generate results…