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Feinstein Statement on NSA Compliance
WashingtonSenator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, released the following statement on reports that the NSA has not complied with privacy rules or overstepped its legal authority. While todays Washington Post stated that Feinstein did not receive a copy of the 2012 audit cited by the paper until The Post asked about it, Feinsteins full statement provided on Thursday to the paper made clear the committee receives the FISA compliance information in a more official format rather than as an internal NSA statistical report. A statement from Feinstein follows:
http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=9e2e8297-2968-40c9-8001-321e7a9a5079
WashingtonSenator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, released the following statement on reports that the NSA has not complied with privacy rules or overstepped its legal authority. While todays Washington Post stated that Feinstein did not receive a copy of the 2012 audit cited by the paper until The Post asked about it, Feinsteins full statement provided on Thursday to the paper made clear the committee receives the FISA compliance information in a more official format rather than as an internal NSA statistical report. A statement from Feinstein follows:
By law, the Intelligence Committee receives roughly a dozen reports every year on FISA activities, which include information about compliance issues. Some of these reports provide independent analysis by the offices of the inspectors general in the intelligence community. The committee does not receive the same number of official reports on other NSA surveillance activities directed abroad that are conducted pursuant to legal authorities outside of FISA (specifically Executive Order 12333), but I intend to add to the committees focus on those activities.
The committee has been notifiedand has held briefings and hearingsin cases where there have been significant FISA compliance issues. In all such cases, the incidents have been addressed by ending or adapting the activity.
The large majority of NSAs so-called compliance incidents are called roaming incidents, in which the NSA is collecting the phone or electronic communications of a non-American outside the United States, and that person then enters the United States. The NSA generally wont know that the person has traveled to the United States. As the laws and rules governing NSA surveillance require different procedures once someone enters the U.S.generally to require a specific FISA court orderNSA will cite this as a compliance incident, and either cease the surveillance or obtain the required FISA court order. The majority of these compliance incidents are, therefore, unintentional and do not involve any inappropriate surveillance of Americans.
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.
I believe, however, that the committee can and should do more to independently verify that NSAs operations are appropriate, and its reports of compliance incidents are accurate. This should include more routine trips to NSA by committee staff and committee hearings at which all compliance issues can be fully discussed.
http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=9e2e8297-2968-40c9-8001-321e7a9a5079
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Feinstein Statement on NSA Compliance (Original Post)
ProSense
Aug 2013
OP
Thanks for the post, it seems more checking is occurring than is expressed by some.
Thinkingabout
Aug 2013
#3
MotherPetrie
(3,145 posts)1. Snort.
msongs
(67,356 posts)2. it will be a great day when california replaces her with a better democrat nt
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)3. Thanks for the post, it seems more checking is occurring than is expressed by some.
Perhaps the lack of knowledge of how and why the NSA does its operation allows misinformation to snowball from nothing to a giant mountain. I chuckle when I returned ad some of the post, knowing for some ignorance is bliss. Once incorrect information hits the street there is a feeding frenzy occurs.
Cha
(296,806 posts)4. Thanks PS
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."
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)5. K & R