More Changes to Come at the National Security Agency

Yes they are policing themselves

More Changes to Come at the National Security Agency

by Elizabeth Sheld 15 Dec 2013, 6:02 AM PDT

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/12/15/NSA-Faces-Changes

The leader of a task force responsible for investigating the Edward Snowden leaks revealed the National Security Agency has undergone numerous changes with more to come.  Richard Ledgett spoke to Reuters in an lengthy interview and discussed the post-Snowden NSA.

Describing the disclosures as "cataclysmic," Ledgett described his worry about the documents not yet revealed to the public by Snowden.

Some of the changes already enacted at the Agency include "41 specific technical measures to control data by tagging and tracking it, to supervise agency networks with controls on activity, and to increase oversight of individuals."  Another involves the "two-person control" to access any data and "enhancing the security process that people go through and requiring more frequent screenings of systems administrative access."

News broke on Thursday that the administration has suggested changes in their dragnet metadata collection (as opposed to say, stopping it entirely) deciding that a third-party organization should be responsible for holding the data rather than the NSA.

Ledgett makes no apologies for the agency's "monitoring": "He noted that the U.S. government's intelligence taskings to the agency run to 36,000 pages, and said its activities take place within a "box" of U.S. laws and policies."  He also disagreed with the characterization of Snowden as a whistleblower. "I actually think characterizing him as a whistleblower is a disservice to people who are whistleblowers."

An interview with Ledgett will air this evening on 60 Minutes.

National Security Agency (NSA)

Edward Snowden leaked information about the National Security Agency (NSA), and was an employee at Booz Allen Hamilton.

Note: Booz Allen Hamilton is a contractor for the National Security Agency (NSA).

Robert S. Osborne is the EVP & general counsel for Booz Allen Hamilton, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Commercial Club of Chicago, Members Directory

http://commercialclubchicago.org/members/e.html

Please note: This link for the members of the Commercial Club of Chicago can no longer be found.

W. James McNerney Jr. is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and the chairman & president & CEO for the Boeing Company.

Boeing Company is a contractor for the National Security Agency (NSA).

Barbara G. Fast was a VP at the Boeing Company, a VP for the CGI Group Inc., and is a friend of Keith B. Alexander.

Keith B. Alexander is a friend of Barbara G. Fast, and a director at the National Security Agency (NSA).

CGI Group Inc. was the Obamacare contractor that developed Healthcare.gov web site.

Obamacare is Barack Obama’s signature policy initiative.

Donna S. Morea was the EVP for the CGI Group Inc., and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Committee for Economic Development, the International Rescue Committee, the Climate Reality Project, and the Robin Hood Foundation.

George Soros is the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Scott Pelley is an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, and a correspondent for 60 Minutes.

Colin L. Powell is an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, and a strategic limited partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.

Albert A. Gore Jr. is the chairman for the Climate Reality Project, and a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.

Charles P. Rose Jr. is an investor in Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and was a correspondent for 60 Minutes.

Diane Sawyer was a director at the Robin Hood Foundation, and a co-anchor for 60 Minutes.

White House intelligence technologies review panel is reviewing practices of the National Security Agency (NSA).

Cass R. Sunstein is a member of the White House intelligence technologies review panel, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and married to Samantha Power.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the International Rescue Committee, the Robin Hood Foundation, and the Brookings Institution (think tank).

George Soros is the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and a board member for the International Crisis Group.

Samantha Power was a director at the International Rescue Committee, a board member for the International Crisis Group, is married to Cass R. Sunstein, and the United Nations U.S. ambassador for the Barack Obama administration.