Congressional Research Service (Jul 2) - "NSA Surveillance Leaks:
Background and Issues for Congress":
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/intel/R43134.pdf
From the Introduction:
Recent media stories about National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance
address unauthorized
disclosures of two different intelligence collection programs. These
programs arise from
provisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
However, they rely on separate
authorities, collect different types of information, and raise
different policy questions. As such,
where possible, the information contained in this report distinguishes
between the two. For both
programs, there is a tension between the speed and convenience with
which the government can
access data of possible intelligence value and the mechanisms intended
to safeguard civil
liberties. The first program collects and stores in bulk domestic
phone records that some argue
could be gathered to equal effect through more focused records
requests. The second program
targets the electronic communications of non-U.S. citizens but may
incidentally collect
information about Americans.
The following sections address (1) what information is being
collected; (2) the legal basis for the
collection; (3) existing oversight mechanisms; and (4) arguments for
and against the two
programs. The last section of this report discusses legislation that
has been proposed in response
to information disclosed about NSA surveillance. Because documents
leaked to the news media
may be classified, CRS is precluded from providing a detailed analysis
of the content of those
documents. The information in this report is based largely on public
comments from intelligence
officials and Members of Congress.
via @saftergood
http://blogs.fas.org/secrecy/2013/07/nsa-surv/
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