Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Opposition To NSA Reforms Grows

Altering NSA Surveillance Programs Would Interfere With Vital Intelligence Operations -- Washington Free Beacon

National security think tank criticizes President Obama’s recommended alterations

A national security think tank criticized on Monday recommendations by President Barack Obama’s review group to alter National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance programs and said they would interfere with vital U.S. intelligence operations.

The report by the Center for Security Policy (CSP) said the group’s recommendations would “eviscerate” the NSA’s collection of phone metadata, which is used for counterterrorism purposes. The group proposed that phone companies or a private third party hold the data and only allow access to them on a case-by-case basis if the NSA obtains an order from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance (FISA) Court.

Phone “metadata” includes the numbers dialed, call times, and durations of calls, but not the content or subscriber names.

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My Comment: President Obama has already made his decision on what reforms are to be implemented .... the Center for Security Policy  is a few weeks late in making their opinions known.

1 comment:

Intelligence.Architecture.Infrastructure said...


If You Want Obama to Rein In the NSA, You're About to Be Disappointed.
The president will embrace some surveillance reforms, but he's not about to scale back the national security state.

http://www.nationaljournal.com/white-house/if-you-want-obama-to-rein-in-the-nsa-you-re-about-to-be-disappointed-20140114