Guardian reported Glenn Greenwald said on Sunday that even low-level analysts working for the National Security Agency were allowed to listen in on phone calls or read emails.
Speaking on ABC's "This Week," Greenwald - who first broke whistleblower Edward Snowden's revelation that the NSA had the ability to access private phone records - said that no special permission was required to access the records.
"It's all done with no need to go to a court, with no need to even get supervisor approval on the part of the analyst," Greenwald said. "The NSA has trillions of telephone calls and emails in their databases that they've collected over the last several years."
Greenwald added that he is working on another story that details the depth of the surveillance.
Snowden continues to reside in a Russian airport as he waits to learn which countries will grant him amnesty from the United States - and how he may transport there.
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