Spencer writes: Just before the White House released the review's report, a different group advising Obama, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, which has held public hearings into the NSA for months, announced it will release two studies of its own, one into bulk collection of domestic phone data and the other into bulk foreign communications collection.
Just before the White House released the review's report, a different group advising Obama, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, which has held public hearings into the NSA for months, announced it will release two studies of its own, one into bulk collection of domestic phone data and the other into bulk foreign communications collection.
Communications intelligence is gleaned from foreign communications that are intercepted by other than the intended recipients.
The agency was legally vacuuming up just about any foreign communications it wanted.
Established in 1934, it regulates interstate and foreign communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable.
The articles raised questions about whether the N.S.A. separated foreign communications from domestic ones.
Security is tight at the sprawling Army base, which houses the National Security Agency, the intelligence agency that eavesdrops on foreign communications.
Though ThinThread was intended to intercept foreign communications, it continued documenting signals when a trail crossed into the U.S.
The National Security Agency, which plays a central role in Cyber Command, traditionally breaks foreign codes and eavesdrops on foreign communications; it is among the most secretive agencies in government.
As in the US, British privacy protection was far laxer in relation to foreign communications.
