Key Takeaways From the Washington Post Report Detailing Thousands of Privacy Violations by the NSA

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https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/08/key-takeaways-washington-post-report-detailing-thousands-privacy-violations-nsa

August 16, 2013 | By Trevor Timm

Key Takeaways From the Washington Post Report Detailing Thousands of Privacy Violations by the NSA

The Washington Post has published two important stories, based on perhaps the most signficant documents yet leaked by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. Separately, the stories tell of an agency in charge of policing itself, leading to thousands of violations of Americans’ privacy per year, and a secret court with no power to stop them.

These new revelations, and the many before it, lead to one conclusion: we need a full, independent investigation of the NSA’s powers. Here are the most significant new facts we learned yesterday:

An internal NSA privacy audit showed thousands of violations of the law per year, despite administration statements insisting NSA hasn’t abused its powers:

The documents, provided earlier this summer to The Washington Post by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, include a level of detail and analysis that is not routinely shared with Congress or the special court that oversees surveillance.

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1. "despite administration statements insisting NSA hasn’t abused its powers".... I'd say that's the

takeway.

Are we being intentionally bamboozled or.....? None of the possibilities for answering that question are defensible IMO.

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2. The answers that *are* defensible are either unflattering or truly frightening...