WASHINGTON: The US National Security Agency on Monday denied that a US$1.2bil (RM3.64bil) datacentre it is building in the Utah desert will be used to illegally eavesdrop on or monitor the e-mails of US citizens.
The secretive agency, which serves the US military and intelligence communities, insisted the state-of-the-art facility's work would be used to support US cybersecurity in accordance with US laws that limit spying on US citizens.
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