I secretly hoped that is an Onion article.
On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 6:46 AM, coderman <[email protected]> wrote: > LOVEINT!!! > > oh god this alone makes it all worth it,,, thank you Snowden! > > P.S. setup a bitcoin donation address. > > best regards, > > > > > On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 9:21 PM, Yosem Companys <[email protected]> wrote: >> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130823/18432024301/nsa-admits-okay-okay-there-have-been-bunch-intentional-abuses-including-spying-loved-ones.shtml >> >> NSA Admits: Okay, Okay, There Have Been A Bunch Of Intentional Abuses, >> Including Spying On Love Interests >> >> from the and-we're-just-now-telling-congress dept >> >> So, this week, we wrote about the NSA quietly admitting that there had been >> intentional abusesof its surveillance infrastructure, despite earlier claims >> by NSA boss Keith Alexander and various folks in Congress that there had >> been absolutely no "intentional" abuses. Late on Friday (of course) the NSA >> finally put out an official statement admitting to an average of one >> intentional abuser per year over the past ten years. The AP is reporting >> that at least one of the abuses involved an NSA employee spying on a former >> spouse. Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal suggests that spying on love >> interests happens somewhat more often: >> >> The practice isn’t frequent — one official estimated a handful of cases in >> the last decade — but it’s common enough to garner its own spycraft label: >> LOVEINT. >> >> A handful is still significantly more than once. And it's a lot more than >> the "zero" times we'd been told about repeatedly by defenders of the >> program. >> >> While the NSA says it takes these abuses seriously, there's no indication >> that the analyst was fired. >> >> Much more troubling is that it appears that the NSA only told its oversight >> committee in the Senate about all of this a few days ago: >> >> The Senate Intelligence Committee was briefed this week on the willful >> violations by the NSA's inspector general's office, as first reported by >> Bloomberg. >> >> "The committee has learned that in isolated cases over the past decade, a >> very small number of NSA personnel have violated NSA procedures — in roughly >> one case per year," Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the California Democrat who >> chairs the committee, said in a statement Friday. >> >> Of course, this is the same Dianne Feinstein who, exactly a week ago, said >> the following: >> >> As I have said previously, the committee has never identified an instance in >> which the NSA has intentionally abused its authority to conduct surveillance >> for inappropriate purposes. >> >> Yeah. Because apparently the NSA chose not to tell the committee until a few >> days later, despite it happening for years. >> >> And, of course, they release this all on a Friday night, hoping that it'll >> avoid the news cycle... >> >> In the meantime, the NSA just made Senator Feinstein look like a complete >> fool. She's been its strongest defender in Congress for years, and has stood >> up for it time and time again, despite all of this questionable activity. >> Then, last week, it lets her tell lies about it without telling her >> beforehand that there had been such abuses. At this point, it's abundantly >> clear that Feinstein's "oversight" of the NSA is a joke. She's either >> incompetent or lying. Either way, it appears that the NSA is running circles >> around her, and isn't subject to any real Congressional oversight. At some >> point, you'd think that maybe she'd stop defending it and actually start >> doing her job when it comes to oversight. You'd think the fact that it let >> her make a complete fool of herself by claiming there had been no >> intentional abuses should make Feinstein realize that the NSA situation is >> out of control. But, tragically, this seems unlikely. Even her statement >> seems to want to minimize the seriousness of the fact that she -- the person >> in charge of oversight -- was completely kept in the dark about very serious >> intentional abuses. Senator Feinstein just got hung out to dry by the NSA. >> You'd think she'd stop going to bat for it and its lies. >> >> Either way, we've now gone from General Keith Alexander and Feinstein >> claiming "no abuses," to them saying no "intentional" abuses, to this latest >> admission of plenty of intentional abuses, including spying on lovers. >> Perhaps, instead of lying, it's time for the NSA to come clean and to get >> some real oversight. >> >> >> -- >> Liberationtech is a public list whose archives are searchable on Google. >> Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: >> https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, >> change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at >> [email protected]. > -- Liberationtech is a public list whose archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. 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