Meghan Kelly reports: Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg thinks the U.S. government screwed up when it comes to the NSA’s surveillance techniques. “I think the government really blew it on this one. And I honestly think that they’re continuing to blow it in some ways and I hope that they become more transparent in that…
Category: Govt
FISA court documents reveal extent of NSA disregard for privacy restrictions
Spencer Ackerman reports: Newly declassified court documents indicate that the National Security Agency shared its trove of American bulk email and internet data with other government agencies in violation of specific court-ordered procedures to protect Americans’ privacy. The dissemination of the sensitive data transgressed both the NSA’s affirmations to the secret surveillance court about the…
Digital Magazine: Law Enforcement and Biometrics
You can read the September issue online, here. Of note, a look at the FBI’s $1B biometric program that begins on p. 12 and a research report on biometrics and law enforcement that begins on p. 18 of the issue. Thanks to Joe Cadillic for this link.
DNI Clapper releases what appears to be original court file authorizing NSA to conduct sweeps
Ellen Nakashima and Greg Miller report: The director of national intelligence on Monday night released what appeared to be the original court document authorizing the National Security Agency to conduct sweeping collections of Americans’ communications records for counterterrorism purposes. The order, signed by the then-chief judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, was among nearly 1,000…