NSA Employees Given Talking Points For Thanksgiving Dinner

NSA Employees Given Talking Points For Discussing Agency With Family -- The Guardian

Document released just before holiday season includes disputed claims about spy agency to share with 'family and close friends'

The National Security Agency recognizes that disclosures of its mass surveillance dragnets can make the holiday season awkward for its employees. So much so that it’s apparently prepared a list of talking points to share with friends and family around the turkey and the yuletide log.

As first reported by Kevin Gosztola of Firedoglake, the NSA evidently compiled a two-page document, dated November 22, giving instructions for discussing the highly secretive agency with “family and close friends”.

Among the points officials are “authorized to share” this holiday season: “The NSA’s mission is of great value to the nation”; it performs its missions “exceptionally well”; and its employees are “loyal Americans with expert skills”.

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