Five Myths About The National Security Agency -- James Bamford, Washington Post
James Bamford is the author of three books on the NSA, including “The Shadow Factory: The Ultra-Secret NSA From 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America.”
When the National Security Agency was created through a top-secret memorandum signed by President Harry Truman in 1952, the agency was so secret that only a few members of Congress knew about it. While the NSA gradually became known over the decades, its inner workings remain extremely hidden, even with the recent leaks about its gathering of Americans’ phone records and tapping into data from the nine largest Internet companies. Let’s pull back the shroud a bit to demystify this agency.
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My Comment: While much of what NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden has revealed to the world is not surprising .... the details of the scope, secrecy, and cooperation from the political establishment and other intelligence agencies is. When you have the director of national intelligence James Clapper openly lie to Congress on the NSA .... and not be punished for it .... you know that there is more to the story than what they are telling us. Bottom line .... some of these myths may actually have a degree of truth to it .... and that is from what we know.
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