U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Mark Udall, D-Colo., released the following statement after receiving a response from Director of National Intelligence James Clapper to their June 27, 2013 letter sent along with 24 fellow senators: “This response is appreciated, but the intelligence community still has left many of the questions most important to the American people…
Category: Govt
NSA surveillance critics to testify before Congress
Paul Lewis reports: Congress will hear testimony from critics of the National Security Agency’s surveillance practices for the first time since the whistleblower Edward Snowden’s explosive leaks were made public. Democrat congressman Alan Grayson, who is leading a bipartisan group of congressman organising the hearing, told the Guardian it would serve to counter the “constant…
Six Ways Congress May Reform NSA Snooping
by Kara Brandeisky ProPublica, July 25, 2013, 4:39 p.m. Although the House defeated a measure that would have defunded the bulk phone metadata collection program, the narrow 205-217 vote showed that there is significant support in Congress to reform NSA surveillance programs. Here are six other legislative proposals on the table. 1) Raise the standard…
Is the Department of Homeland Security following you on Twitter?
Joe Cadillic sends along this information from Public Intelligence, who compiled a 5-page list of Twitter accounts followed by the Dept. of Homeland Security National Operations Center (@DHSNOCMMC1). They note that “in accordance with DHS Privacy direction, DHS NOC MMC follows only authorized accounts and never follows accounts of private individuals.” You can download the…