The NSA has released a full statement in response to The Guardian's leak of more classified data coming out of the NSA. The subject at hand is a program called "XKeyscore," which is purported to be a centralized interface for NSA employees to access a wide array of data from email, browsing history, and more. In the leaks, the system appears to show broad access to such data whether or not the target is a US citizen.
The NSA's response, which mirrors much of the language it had previously given The Guardian, stresses that the NSA is only targeting "legitimate foreign intelligence targets." The NSA further argues that it is not allowing "widespread, unchecked analyst access" to this data, but that analysts must go through "appropriate...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/31/4576822/nsa-responds-to-xkeyscore-leak-no-analyst-can-operate-freely
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