Re:The Mathematics Community and the NSA [pdf]
by ingler on Thursday January 15, 2015 @10:46AM
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The NSA doesn't consider itself bound by law and hasn't since its inception. During the Church Committee hearings in the 70s, the NSA's general counsel admitted as much:
“No existing statutes control, limit, or define the signals intelligence activities of the NSA.”
“No existing statutes control, limit, or define the signals intelligence activities of the NSA.”
-Roy Banner