Sharon Bradford Franklin, Executive Director, Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board

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Sharon Bradford Franklin, Executive Director, Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board

Its original intention was ostensibly to help protect the U.S. from terrorist threats. But Edward Snowden's reveal of the extent of the National Security Agency's...

Federal News Network Staff

February 6, 2015 9:09 am

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Its original intention was ostensibly to help protect the U.S. from terrorist threats. But Edward Snowden’s reveal of the extent of the National Security Agency’s bulk telephone records program planted seeds of doubt in many minds. Records indicate the NSA was even monitoring domestic calls. Sharon Bradford Franklin is the executive director of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. She joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with more on the bulk data collection program, and whether it should even continue.