Shaken NSA Grapples With an Overhaul Wall Street Journal (11/25/13) Gorman, Siobhan Edward Snowdens leaks about National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance programs have prompted both the Obama administration and Congress to consider ways to reform the agency, which some say is facing its worst crisis in its 62 year history. An internal review team that has been established to assess NSA operations is scheduled to submit several new recommendations for reforming the agency to the Obama administration as early as this week, with more recommendations to come at a later time. One reform that observers say the Obama administration is likely to implement is a process for measuring the value of surveillance operations against the political and diplomatic risks that would arise if the surveillance is discovered. Meanwhile, several members of Congress are pushing to outlaw the NSAs collection of large amounts of phone records. The Obama administration will likely have to compromise with these lawmakers if it hopes to retain the NSAs telephone metadata collection program in some form roughly 18 months from now, when the legal authority for the program is set to expire. Steps have already been taken to reform NSA surveillance programs, including reviews of operations against specific targets and the ending of surveillance against some foreign leaders. One Republican lawmaker says the administration has gone too far and has created gaps in intelligence collection efforts--a claim the White House disputes.
Posted on: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 22:35:18 +0000
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