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4th Media: NSA Metadata Collection Fourth Amendment Violation

NSA Metadata Collection: Fourth Amendment Violation Edward Snowden, who worked for the National Security Agency (NSA), revealed a secret order of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC), that requires Verizon to produce on an “ongoing daily basis… all call detail records or ‘telephony metadata’ created by Verizon for communications (i) between the United States and …

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David Swanson: Chelsea Manning Awarded Sam Adams Integrity Prize for 2014

Chelsea Manning Awarded Sam Adams Integrity Prize for 2014 Announcement by Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence (SAAII) The Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence (SAAII) have voted overwhelmingly to present the 2014 Sam Adams Award for Integrity in Intelligence to Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning.

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Stephen E. Arnold: Only 58% of US-UK Companies and Information Governance Policies

Recommind Survey Shows Stats Related to Information Governance January 16, 2014 The article titled Bridging the Global Information Governance Gap on IDM offers more governance advice from the findings of Recommind’s survey of US and UK companies. The survey posed questions related to information governance (IG), which is “a cross-departmental approach to optimising [sic] the …

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2014 Intelligence Reform (All Others)

SHORT URL: http://tinyurl.com/2014-Intel-Reform Under Construction – Send Nominations to robert.david.steele.vivas@gmail.com Updated 23 Jan 2014 14:58 E Phi Beta Iota: The current literature on intelligence reform is underdeveloped and under-specified.  An example of this under- or mis-specification can be seen in the treatment of 9/11. The dominant position that 9/11 was an intelligence failure is correct …

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Steven Levy: 2 Hours with NSA Chiefs — They Are a) Suffering Cognitive Dissonance and b) Seriously Pissed-Off

I Spent Two Hours Talking With the NSA’s Bigwigs. Here’s What Has Them Mad By Steven Levy WIRED, 01.13.14 EXTRACT: I talk about that session in my story, but let me note a few general takeaways: The dual mission of the NSA generates cognitive dissonance. Right on its home page, the NSA says its core …

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