Sunday, July 20, 2014

John Napier Tye — Meet Executive Order 12333: The Reagan rule that lets the NSA spy on Americans

Even after all the reforms President Obama has announced, some intelligence practices remain so secret, even from members of Congress, that there is no opportunity for our democracy to change them….
The Washington Post
Meet Executive Order 12333: The Reagan rule that lets the NSA spy on Americans
John Napier Tye
(h/t Lambert Strether at Naked Capitalism)
John Napier Tye served as section chief for Internet freedom in the State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor from January 2011 to April 2014. He is now a legal director of Avaaz, a global advocacy organization.

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