claim: Faye Resnick writes.
evidence: The Terrorist Surveillance Program was an electronic surveillance program implemented by the National Security Agency -LRB- NSA -RRB- of the United States in the wake of the September 11 , 2001 , attacks .. electronic surveillance. electronic surveillance. National Security Agency. National Security Agency. It was part of the President 's Surveillance Program , which was in turn conducted under the overall umbrella of the War on Terrorism .. War on Terrorism. War on Terrorism. The NSA , a signals intelligence agency , implemented the program to intercept al Qaeda communications overseas where at least one party is not a U.S. person .. signals intelligence. signals intelligence. al Qaeda. al Qaeda. U.S. person. U.S. person. In 2005 The New York Times disclosed that technical glitches resulted in some of the intercepts including communications which were `` purely domestic '' in nature , igniting the NSA warrantless surveillance controversy .. NSA warrantless surveillance controversy. NSA warrantless surveillance controversy. Later works , such as James Bamford 's The Shadow Factory , describe how the nature of the domestic surveillance was much , much more widespread than initially disclosed .. James Bamford. James Bamford. The Shadow Factory. The Shadow Factory. In a 2011 New Yorker article , former NSA employee Bill Binney said that his colleagues told him that the NSA had begun storing billing and phone records from `` everyone in the country . ''. Bill Binney. William Binney ( U.S. intelligence official ). The program was named the Terrorist Surveillance Program by the George W. Bush administration in response to the NSA warrantless surveillance controversy following disclosure of the program .. NSA warrantless surveillance controversy. NSA warrantless surveillance controversy. George W. Bush. George W. Bush. It is claimed that this program operated without the judicial oversight mandated by Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act -LRB- FISA -RRB- , and legal challenges to the program are currently undergoing judicial review .. judicial oversight. judicial oversight. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978. Because the technical specifics of the program have not been disclosed , it is unclear if the program is subject to FISA .. It is unknown if this is the original name of the program ; the term was first used publicly by President Bush in a speech on January 23 , 2006 .. On August 17 , 2006 , U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor ruled the program unconstitutional and illegal .. On appeal , the decision was overturned on procedural grounds and the lawsuit was dismissed without addressing the merits of the claims , although one further challenge is still pending in the courts .. On January 17 , 2007 , Attorney General Alberto Gonzales informed U.S. Senate leaders by letter that the program would not be reauthorized by the president , but would be subjected to judicial oversight .. judicial oversight. judicial oversight. Alberto Gonzales. Alberto Gonzales. `` Any electronic surveillance that was occurring as part of the Terrorist Surveillance Program will now be conducted subject to the approval of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court '' , according to his letter .. electronic surveillance. electronic surveillance. On June 6 , 2013 , it was revealed that the Terrorist Surveillance Program was replaced by a new NSA program , referred to by its codeword , PRISM .. PRISM. PRISM ( surveillance program ). Basaaly Saeed Moalin was charged in 2013 with giving material support to an al-Queda cell based in Somalia named al-Shabaab .. The NSA discovered Moalin when his phone number was flagged with having contact with known terrorists overseas .. They gave the information to the FBI who discovered that Moalin was providing money to fund extremist activities in Somalia .. Khalid Ouazzani is another example .. Ouazzani was charged with promising support to al-Qaeda and providing them with materials for their attacks against the United States .. The NSA discovered Ouazzani by interrupting contact between Ouazzani , who was in the U.S. , and an extremist in Yemen .. Ouazzani was included in helping form a plot that was going to bomb then New York Stock Exchange .. Another threat that the NSA helped prevent involved David Headley , a United States citizen living in Chicago .. He was eventually convicted on charges of terrorism , in which he later admitted to being involved .. Headley was involved in an attack in Mumbai that killed 160 people .. The NSA became aware of him when they intercepted communications by him planning an attack on a Danish newspaper .