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Legislation, judicial review through the FISA Court, and testimony have failed utterly in terms of providing meaningful oversight - both historically and currently – over the US electronic intelligence gathering organisation, the NSA, 4 former senior NSA staff argue in this report. They present their recommendations for reform.
This report was compiled by 4 former senior NSA staff:
- William Binney, former Technical Director, World Geopolitical & Military Analysis; Co-founder of the SIGINT Automation Research Center.
- Thomas Drake, former Defense Intelligence Senior Executive Service, NSA
- Edward Loomis, former Chief, SIGINT Automation Research Center, NSA
- J. Kirk Wiebe, former Senior Analyst, SIGINT Automation Research Center, NSA
Read an interview with one of the report’s authors, Bill Binney, and our news report here.
Download the authors’ open memo to President Obama here.