Two different cases, two different batches of evidence disappear. How convenient. The NSA deleted surveillance data that it was supposed to retain under court orders. It’s under legal attack for illegal Bush-era warrantless surveillance. Not only did it “lose” data it had promised the court that it would preserve from 2001 to 2007, “backup tapes that might have mitigated the failure were erased in 2009, 2011 and 2016, the NSA said.” In rescue efforts, the NSA is trying to plumb the depths of the reused tapes; it has some metadata and 4 months of data from 2003. This episode reveals … Continue reading Both NSA and FBI “Lose” Evidence