National Intelligence Director James Clapper on Friday released a memo stating that the government has filed an application with and received approval from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to collect telephony metadata in bulk, NBC News reports. “It is the administration’s view … that the telephony metadata collection is lawful,” the memo states. Meanwhile, The New York Times reports on a federal appeals court ruling that allows the Justice Department to continue to withhold a memo that allegedly “opened a loophole in laws protecting the privacy of consumer data.” The Times also reports on Jill Kelley, who is seeking damages and an apology from the government for revealing her name in the David Petraeus scandal. Washington University in St. Louis Prof. Neil Richards said, “This case shows that privacy is really important and that the legal rules we have are not tailored for modern technology.”
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