NSA: Thank you Democrats Wyden and Udall: NSA takes surveillance fact sheets off website

[Luminous Animal]

NSA takes surveillance fact sheets off website
By ALEX BYERS |
6/25/13 8:37 PM EDT

Following a complaint from two senators, the National Security Agency has removed from its website two fact sheets designed to shed light on and defend a pair of surveillance programs. Users now trying to access the documents detailing surveillance under legal authorities known as Section 215 and Section 702 receive an error message when they try to load the fact sheets.

On Monday, Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Mark Udall (D-Colo.) wrote to the head of the spy agency alleging that one of the documents was misleading and inaccurate. The senators claimed, without elaborating, that a fact sheet “contains an inaccurate statement about how the section 702 authority has been interpreted by the U.S. government.”

NSA Director Gen. Keith Alexander responded to the two lawmakers Tuesday, and while he didn't admit inaccuracy, he said the documents could have been clearer.

"After reviewing your letter, I agree that the fact sheet that the National Security Agency posted on its website on 18 June 2013 could have more precisely described the requirements for collection under Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act," Alexander said in a letter of his own (posted here).

http://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2013/06/nsa-takes-surveillance-fact-sheets-off-website-167073.html

[think]

1. Lies lies & more lies.

They should just tell the truth . No one would believe them anyways....

[Luminous Animal]

2. Hahaha! My original title was NSA lies. So happy to see Wyden and Udall speaking up.

We have to let them know that they have our back. Without support, they will end up feeling that they are speaking in a vacuum.

http://www.wyden.senate.gov/contact/

http://www.markudall.senate.gov/?p=contact

[think]

5. I sent them both a thank you note.

Hopefully more Senators will join them and something wil get done to reign the NSA in.

When Senators need permission to tell us that the NSA has violated the constitution according to a classified FISA court ruling things have truly gone much too far...

[DirkGently]

3. +++ Precisely why, "Let us tell you how what we're doing in the dark is ok"

... means NOTHING.

[kenny blankenship]

4. I guess it was "the least untruthful" description that they could make of what they do

while still being consistent with their organizational mission directive of lying their asses off to the public.

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. I got them!!!!