美国国家安全局(NSA)承认分析人员可以随意监听电话，无 ...

The National Security Agency has acknowledged in a new classified briefing that it does not need court authorization to listen to domestic phone calls.

Rep. Jerrold Nadler, a New York Democrat, disclosed this week that during a secret briefing to members of Congress, he was told that the contents of a phone call could be accessed "simply based on an analyst deciding that."

If the NSA wants "to listen to the phone," an analyst's decision is sufficient, without any other legal authorization required, Nadler said he learned. "I was rather startled," said Nadler, an attorney and congressman who serves on the House Judiciary committee.

Not only does this disclosure shed more light on how the NSA's formidable eavesdropping apparatus works domestically it also suggests the Justice Department has secretly interpreted federal surveillance law to permit thousands of low-ranking analysts to eavesdrop on phone calls.

Because the same legal standards that apply to phone calls also apply to e-mail messages, text messages, and instant messages, Nadler's disclosure indicates the NSA analysts could also access the contents of Internet communications without going before a court and seeking approval.

巴拉克•奥巴马(Barack Obama)为美国的两个秘密计划进行辩护，这两个计划让美国政府搜集电话记录和电子邮件。欧洲方面指责奥巴马政府采用全面监控策略的做法已变得“令人发指”。

奥巴马坚称“没人在偷听你的电话”，他表示，这两个计划得到国会批准，并由一位联邦法官负责控管。他表示，由此带来的影响不过是“对隐私的轻度侵犯”。