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In case anyone was wondering how the data provided by the NSA's domestic spying programs was being used, two ABC investigative reporters have been told that the government is tracking the phone numbers they call in order to identify confidential sources. According to the senior federal law enforcement official that tipped them off, "It's time for you to get some new cell phones, quick."



In addition, other reporters at ABC News, the New York Times, and the Washington Post are also being investigated in relation to several embarrassing leaks from within the CIA.

UPDATE

FBI confirms that it is acquiring phone records in leak investigations, using National Security Letters introduced by the Patriot Act. NSLs require no signature from a judge, and prevent the recipient from disclosing the fact that the NSL has been received.

USA Today broke a story today on the NSA's efforts to secretly collect phone call records of American citizens, with the goal of creating "a database of every call ever made" within the nation's borders. Several American telecom companies have been identified as collaborating with the NSA to provide phone record data.



This revelation comes as the US government is fighting legal challenges to another domestic spying program operated by the NSA, in which AT&T is alleged to have provided access to the contents of all Internet and telephone communications traversing AT&T's network. The government has responded by seeking to dismiss the suit by asserting "military and state secrets privilege."