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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLawmakers Probe Willful Abuses of Power by NSA Analysts
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-23/nsa-analysts-intentionally-abused-spying-powers-multiple-times.htmlThe leaders of U.S. congressional intelligence committees said they want to probe the intentional abuses of surveillance authority committed by some National Security Agency analysts in the past decade.
I am reviewing each of these incidents in detail, Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat and chairman of the Senate intelligence panel, said in a statement, after the NSA confirmed to Bloomberg News yesterday that some analysts deliberately ignored restrictions on their authority to spy on Americans.
Any case of noncompliance is unacceptable, but these small numbers of cases do not change my view that NSA takes significant care to prevent any abuses and that there is a substantial oversight system in place, Feinstein said.
The incidents, chronicled by the NSAs inspector general, provide additional evidence that U.S. intelligence agencies sometimes have violated the legal and administrative restrictions on domestic spying, and may add to the pressure to bolster laws that govern intelligence activities.
*** et tu, DiFi? oh the irony.
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Lawmakers Probe Willful Abuses of Power by NSA Analysts (Original Post)
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Aug 2013
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(56,582 posts)1. Holy shit! Congress is considering doing its job?!
This is a red letter day!
sendero
(28,552 posts)2. Oh great..
.... another congressional Internal Affairs investigation. I feel better already.
Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)3. “I am reviewing each of these incidents in detail,” Dianne Feinstein
Boy that makes me feel better!!!!
I wonder if her 'real journalists' will pick up on her details?
I bet they will be redacted.