Exclusive: New Jersey Gov. Christie’s Bridge-gate scandal is a reminder that unscrupulous politicians can abuse their powers in unexpected and extraordinary ways, which underscores the need to put tight legal constraints on the NSA’s surveillance powers, writes Robert Parry.
Category: Intelligence
Buying a Seat at Surveillance State’s Table
NSA’s Preference for Metadata
Robert Gates’s Blame-Shifting Memoir
Robert Gates’s Narcissistic ‘Duty’
Robert Gates Double-Crosses Obama
Colombia’s Battered Rebels Seek Peace
NSA Insiders Reveal What Went Wrong
In a memo to President Obama, former National Security Agency insiders explain how NSA leaders botched intelligence collection and analysis before 9/11, covered up the mistakes, and violated the constitutional rights of the American people, all while wasting billions of dollars and misleading the public.