Nicholas Watt and Rowena Mason of The Guardian report that the UK government is defending its detention of Glenn Greenwald’s partner at Heathrow airport, claiming he had “highly sensitive stolen information that would help terrorism”. Amid calls from across the political spectrum for a fuller explanation of the treatment of Miranda at Heathrow after a…
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NSA Critics, Right All Along
Charles C. W. Cooke writes that in the wake of an audit of NSA abuses (or “errors” if you are of more gentle persuasion) published by the Washington Post last week: To both their credit and discredit, people in the United States continue to exhibit a definite fear of accusing public servants of mendacity. It…
Should Senator Wyden Reveal Classified Information on the Senate Floor?
Will Baude writes: I’ve seen some chatter on the internet about the possibility of a member of Congress disclosing classified information. For example, the Hill discusses thisRolling Stone interview in which Senator Ron Wyden said that he considered (and apparently rejected) disclosing classified information about NSA activities on the floor of the Senate. How would this work? Bruce Ackerman…
NSA broke privacy rules thousands of times per year, audit finds
Barton Gellman reports: The National Security Agency has broken privacy rules or overstepped its legal authority thousands of times each year since Congress granted the agency broad new powers in 2008, according to an internal audit and other top-secret documents. Most of the infractions involve unauthorized surveillance of Americans or foreign intelligence targets in the United States,…