Some details of the metadata programs soon appeared in the Times, in USA Today, and in a story by Seymour Hersh in this magazine.
The letter, which was unclassified, did not explain the details of the metadata program or the spiralling compliance issues uncovered by the court.
Turner, the director of national intelligence spokesman, did not respond to the Guardian's request for additional details of the metadata program or the reasons why it was stopped.
The browsing is done as follows: (1) open the metadata search page using the internet browser; (2) search the data by specifying the metadata type, keywords, observation date and time, observation location (latitude and longitude), and so on; and (3) select one item from the search results to obtain details of the metadata.
The details of the metadata include description of data, instrument, observation location (latitude and longitude), location of the data files (URL), contact person, data usage policy, etc., so it is possible for users to not only get the information but also download data files from the remote data server.
These sequences also represent a valuable sample of intraspecific diversity and might furthermore present clues on where to look for previously undescribed species, but in the end it is the standard and level of detail of the metadata for each sequence that will determine the ease and extent to which this information can be utilized.
In February last year the independent senator Nick Xenophon requested in Senate estimates details of the number of metadata authorisations used in commonwealth disclosure investigations.
[cartoon id= a17882"] At the time, the public and Congress were understandably focussed on Bush's warrantless wiretapping, and only a few officials understood the full details of the phone-metadata program.
At the time, the public and Congress were understandably focussed on Bush's warrantless wiretapping, and only a few officials understood the full details of the phone-metadata program.
Details of CSE's metadata-collection program, and its penchant for funneling that data to its closest intelligence partners — New Zealand, Canada, Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom — has been raised in the past, but was especially highlighted in the Edward Snowden leaks.
