Yes they are policing
themselves
More Changes to Come at the National Security Agency
by
Elizabeth Sheld 15 Dec 2013, 6:02 AM PDT
The leader of a task force
responsible for investigating the Edward
Snowden leaks revealed the National
Security Agency has undergone numerous changes with more to come. Richard Ledgett spoke to Reuters in an
lengthy interview and discussed the post-Snowden NSA.
Describing the disclosures as
"cataclysmic," Ledgett described his worry about the documents not
yet revealed to the public by Snowden.
Some of the changes already
enacted at the Agency include "41 specific technical measures to control
data by tagging and tracking it, to supervise agency networks with controls on
activity, and to increase oversight of individuals." Another involves the "two-person
control" to access any data and "enhancing the security process that
people go through and requiring more frequent screenings of systems
administrative access."
News broke on Thursday that the
administration has suggested changes in their dragnet metadata collection (as
opposed to say, stopping it entirely) deciding that a third-party organization
should be responsible for holding the data rather than the NSA.
Ledgett makes no apologies for the
agency's "monitoring": "He noted that the U.S. government's intelligence taskings to the
agency run to 36,000 pages, and said its activities take place within a
"box" of U.S.
laws and policies." He also
disagreed with the characterization of Snowden as a whistleblower. "I
actually think characterizing him as a whistleblower is a disservice to people
who are whistleblowers."
An interview with Ledgett will air
this evening on 60 Minutes.
National Security Agency (NSA)
Edward Snowden
leaked information about the National
Security Agency (NSA), and was an employee at Booz Allen Hamilton.
Note: Booz Allen
Hamilton is a contractor for the National
Security Agency (NSA).
Robert S. Osborne
is the EVP & general counsel for Booz
Allen Hamilton, and a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Commercial Club of Chicago,
Members Directory
Please note: This link for the
members of the Commercial Club of Chicago can no longer be found.
W. James
McNerney Jr. is a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and the chairman & president & CEO for the Boeing Company.
Boeing Company
is a contractor for the National
Security Agency (NSA).
Barbara G. Fast
was a VP at the Boeing Company, a VP
for the CGI Group Inc., and is a friend
of Keith B. Alexander.
Keith B.
Alexander is a friend of Barbara G.
Fast, and a director at the National
Security Agency (NSA).
CGI Group Inc.
was the Obamacare contractor that
developed Healthcare.gov web site.
Obamacare
is Barack Obama’s signature policy
initiative.
Donna
S. Morea was the EVP for the CGI
Group Inc., and a trustee at the Committee
for Economic Development.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Committee for Economic Development, the International Rescue Committee, the Climate Reality Project, and the Robin Hood Foundation.
George Soros
is the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Scott
Pelley is an overseer at the International
Rescue Committee, and a correspondent for 60 Minutes.
Colin
L. Powell is an overseer at the International
Rescue Committee, and a strategic limited partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
Albert
A. Gore Jr. is the chairman for the Climate
Reality Project, and a partner at Kleiner
Perkins Caufield & Byers.
Charles P. Rose
Jr. is an investor in Kleiner
Perkins Caufield & Byers, and was a correspondent for 60 Minutes.
Diane
Sawyer was a director at the Robin
Hood Foundation, and a co-anchor for 60
Minutes.
White
House intelligence technologies review panel is reviewing practices of the National Security Agency (NSA).
Cass R. Sunstein
is a member of the White House
intelligence technologies review panel, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and
married to Samantha Power.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the International Rescue Committee, the Robin Hood Foundation, and the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
George Soros
is the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and a board
member for the International Crisis
Group.
Samantha
Power was a director at the International
Rescue Committee, a board member for the International Crisis Group, is married to Cass R. Sunstein, and the United
Nations U.S. ambassador for the Barack
Obama administration.
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