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[FYI] Congress, NSA butt heads over Echelon
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- Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 22:09:40 +0100
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JUNE 3, 1999 . . . 18:34 EDT
Congress, NSA butt heads over Echelon
BY DANIEL VERTON (dan_verton@fcw.com)
Congress has squared off with the National
Security Agency over a top-secret U.S. global
electronic surveillance program, requesting top
intelligence officials to report on the legal
standards used to prevent privacy abuses against
U.S. citizens.
According to an amendment to the fiscal 2000
Intelligence Authorization Act proposed last month
by Rep. Bob Barr (R-Ga.), the director of Central
Intelligence, the director of NSA and the attorney
general must submit a report within 60 days of the
bill becoming law that outlines the legal
standards being employed to safeguard the privacy
of American citizens against Project Echelon.
[...]
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