NSA chief says phone records were swept up as part of a NATO defense program, not NSA spying
Source: vancouversun.com

Gen. Keith Alexander told a House Intelligence panel Tuesday that the U.S. did not collect the European records alone, as was reported over the last week to an outcry of criticism across Europe.
Alexander said NSA slides of the phone programs outlined intelligence that the U.S. was given from NATO partners.
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