[IamConservative]

if the DOJ suspected members of the media, and persons inside the various agencies, of exchanging/leaking classifed information - they could get court orders for the phone records of those persons in about 5 minutes. they don't need the NSA to do it for them as part of this program.

If the government emplyeees are using the phone on their desk, they don't even need a court order to look at the phone records of government employees, the data would be in a goverment owned PBX in all likelihood. You could see the called party and calling party on every call going in or out of the switch. The data to identify external parties can be purchased from dozens of sources on-line and in many cases can be found for free.

[IamConservative]

If the government emplyeees are using the phone on their desk, they don't even need a court order to look at the phone records of government employees, the data would be in a goverment owned PBX in all likelihood

Another thought to annotate. If these leakers are using their cell phones while working in a government faclity, I wonder what the legality of intercepting the cell signals would be for the employer/goverment?