 federal panel says nsa data collection illegal  an independent federal privacy watchdog has concluded that the national security agency rsquo s program to collect bulk phone call records has provided only ldquo minimal rdquo benefits in counterterrorism efforts and is illegal and should be shut down as usual obama will continue to ignore any challenges to what he terms are essential to all of his causes as controversy continues related to numerous scandals linked to the president we can only hope that a special commission or prosecutor will called to look into these various allegations for an article on the federal panels findings related to the illegal data collection click on the following link  http wwwnytimescom 20140123 us politics watchdogreportsaysnsaprogramisillegalandshouldendh r 2 18  federal panel says nsa data collection illegal  