As the IC and NSA have stated previously, the implication that NSA’s collection is arbitrary and unconstrained is false. NSA’s activities are focused and specifically deployed against – and only against – legitimate foreign intelligence targets in response to requirements that our leaders need for information necessary to protect our nation and its interest. Public…
Month: July 2013
DNI Clapper Declassifies and Releases Telephone Metadata Collection Documents
From the Office of the Director of National Intelligence: In the interest of increased transparency, the Director of National Intelligence has authorized the declassification and public release of the attached documents pertaining to the collection of telephone metadata pursuant to Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act. DNI Clapper has determined that the release of these…
Revealed: NSA tool that collects ‘nearly everything a user does on the internet’
Glenn Greenwald reports: A top secret National Security Agency program allows analysts to search with no prior authorization through vast databases containing emails, online chats and the browsing histories of millions of individuals, according to documents provided by whistleblower Edward Snowden. The NSA boasts in training materials that the program, called XKeyscore, is its “widest reaching” system…
Senator Who’s Taking on the NSA Explains Why He Could Still Win
AJ Vicens of Mother Jones interviewed Senator Ron Wyden. You can read the transcript here.