In a sharply worded March 2009 ruling, Judge Reggie B. Walton described the N.S.A.'s failure to comply with rules set by the intelligence court, set limits on how it could use the data it had gathered, and accused the agency of repeatedly misinforming the judges.
This integration of foreign intelligence, counterintelligence, and internal security roles in a single agency was unusual, though the old Soviet system set the pattern for intelligence services in other communist countries.
When we release our report, it will set the predicate for intelligence reforms to come".
First described by Alan Turing in 1950, the test set the bar for "intelligence" at convincing 30percentt of human judges that they are communicating with a member of their own species.
"Some of the bombs are also set by the intelligence department of the Afghan government, and they kill civilians and then blame the mujahedeen for it," he alleged.
The post-9/11 combination of ballooning budgets, expanding technological abilities and near-total secrecy set up the intelligence agencies for an eventual collision with public opinion, in a repeat of a scandal-reform cycle from almost four decades ago.
"I started the drug enforcement for LAPD when Nixon announced the war on drugs, organized all the divisional units, set up the intelligence systems and coordination with the feds," Downing said.
That legislation has underscored a broader issue that sets the House and Senate intelligence committees apart: The Senate committee has proven far more partisan.
"Outstanding mentor... Unmatched managerial and planning skills... Set the standard for tactical intelligence".
