• ENGLISH
  • ESPAÑOL
facebook
twitter
  • National>Entertainment
  • National>Local Economics
  • National>Local Politics
  • National>Society
  • National>Sports
BREAKING NEWS
Police capture the State Comptroller General, Pablo Celi, for alleged organized crime
Jaime Durán Barba, the ‘electoral guru’ who was key in Guillermo Lasso’s victory
Guillermo Lasso: the US and Ecuador will once again be allies
Rafael Correa: We honestly believed we were winning, but our projections were wrong
The European Union will continue to ‘strengthen’ cooperation with the new Government of Ecuador
With 99% of the minutes scrutinized, Guillemo Lasso wins the Presidency with 52.42%
Ecuador applies two doses of vaccine for every 100 inhabitants. How many are administered in other 48 countries in America?
Ecuadorian migrant died after falling from the border wall between the United States and Mexico
On April 13, vaccination will begin in Guayaquil with doses of Sinovac, within the Municipality-Government agreement
Facebook removes 390 accounts, focused on Ecuador, from that social network and Instagram for ‘foreign interference’

American espionage program comes to an end

Posted On 17 Jan 2014

Imagen 3The criticized phone program for collection of metadata will end on Friday as informed by a senior official to Agency France-Presse. The responsible for making the official announcement will be the U.S. President Barack Obama.

The president is preparing to address the the Department of Justice at 16h00 GMT, about the  reforms to the system of electronic surveillance. According to the source, Obama will order the transition that will end the current telephone program  for collection of metadata.

He mentioned that the U.S. will pass to have “a program that preserves the capabilities we need without the necessity of government to save that metadata”.

He also said that “the president considers that the program has significant capabilities that will allow us to deal with terrorism, but we can and should be able to preserve those capabilities in response to concerns about privacy and civil liberty arising from the fact that the Government retains the metadata. “

About the Author
  • google-share
Previous Story

United Nations manages to raise $ 2.4 billion to help Syrian citizens

Next Story

Obama : “Marijuana is no more dangerous than alcohol or cigarettes”

SEARCH

LATEST NEWS

Police capture the State Comptroller General, Pablo Celi, for alleged organized crime

Posted On 13 Apr 2021

Jaime Durán Barba, the 'electoral guru' who was key in Guillermo Lasso's victory

Posted On 13 Apr 2021

Guillermo Lasso: the US and Ecuador will once again be allies

Posted On 13 Apr 2021
Copyright © 2010 - 2019. All Rights Reserved. EcuadorTimes.net