The Wallace Index

Research source BO03

Report on the Telephone Records Program Conducted under Section 215 and on the Operations of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

Author / issuing institution: Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
Publisher: PCLOB; copy hosted by US Senate Judiciary Committee
Original publication date: 2014-01-23
Type: independent_oversight_report
Date accessed: 2026-10-17
Language: en
Factual summary: The Board recommended ending bulk telephone-record collection, citing legal, privacy and effectiveness concerns. The report includes separate statements by two members.
Reliability, relevance and limitations: This is an oversight board’s conclusion, not a criminal judgement. Separate statements require substantive reading; assess existing court authorisations, inherited arrangements and Obama’s response.
Passage reference: Printed page 16, Recommendation 1; introduction and annex contents
Archival reference: PCLOB Section 215 Report, 23 January 2014
Original publication: https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/PCLOBReport.pdf

Linked profiles and claims

Barack Obama
People · BO03-C1: The Board recommended ending bulk telephone-record collection, citing legal, privacy and effectiveness concerns. The report includes separate statements by two members. — Passage: Printed page 16, Recommendation 1; introduction and annex contents
Process · BO03-C1: The Board recommended ending bulk telephone-record collection, citing legal, privacy and effectiveness concerns. The report includes separate statements by two members. — Passage: Printed page 16, Recommendation 1; introduction and annex contents
Process · BO03-C2: Rachel Brand’s separate statement disagrees with ending the telephone-record programme without an adequate alternative and supports many other recommendations. — Passage: Annex A, printed pages 208–213
Process · BO03-C3: Elisebeth Collins Cook’s separate statement supports modifications but disputes the report’s statutory-authorisation, constitutional and efficacy analyses. — Passage: Annex B, printed pages 214–218
Crisis · BO03-C1: The Board recommended ending bulk telephone-record collection, citing legal, privacy and effectiveness concerns. The report includes separate statements by two members. — Passage: Printed page 16, Recommendation 1; introduction and annex contents
Humility · BO03-C1: The Board recommended ending bulk telephone-record collection, citing legal, privacy and effectiveness concerns. The report includes separate statements by two members. — Passage: Printed page 16, Recommendation 1; introduction and annex contents
Humility · BO03-C2: Rachel Brand’s separate statement disagrees with ending the telephone-record programme without an adequate alternative and supports many other recommendations. — Passage: Annex A, printed pages 208–213
Humility · BO03-C3: Elisebeth Collins Cook’s separate statement supports modifications but disputes the report’s statutory-authorisation, constitutional and efficacy analyses. — Passage: Annex B, printed pages 214–218
Service · BO03-C1: The Board recommended ending bulk telephone-record collection, citing legal, privacy and effectiveness concerns. The report includes separate statements by two members. — Passage: Printed page 16, Recommendation 1; introduction and annex contents
Service · BO03-C2: Rachel Brand’s separate statement disagrees with ending the telephone-record programme without an adequate alternative and supports many other recommendations. — Passage: Annex A, printed pages 208–213
Service · BO03-C3: Elisebeth Collins Cook’s separate statement supports modifications but disputes the report’s statutory-authorisation, constitutional and efficacy analyses. — Passage: Annex B, printed pages 214–218