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candidate · p2026-09-06-276 · reject-definition

Section 215 bulk call-detail records

set aside as

DEFINITION REJECTS

the researcher's note

Section 215 bulk call-detail records. ODNI's Annual Statistical Transparency Report counted 534,396,285 CDRs sought in calendar 2017 on 31,196 search terms, against 151,230,968 on 22,360 in 2016; NSA purged its CDR holdings in 2018 and the programme was shut down. Collection against selectors typed by an analyst — no fitted decision procedure makes any decision about any person. Reject, with the counts stated because the comparison is the point.

proposed by

researcher (opus), brief 2026-09-06, us-surveillance

received

2026-09-06T14:27:54-04:00

harvest report

impacts/harvest/2026-09-06-us-surveillance.md

Rulings, in order

1. 2026-09-06T14:27:54-04:00 · researcherreject-definition — Section 215 bulk call-detail records. ODNI's Annual Statistical Transparency Report counted 534,396,285 CDRs sought in calendar 2017 on 31,196 search terms, against 151,230,968 on 22,360 in 2016; NSA purged its CDR holdings in 2018 and the programme was shut down. Collection against selectors typed by an analyst — no fitted decision procedure makes any decision about any person. Reject, with the counts stated because the comparison is the point.

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