Monday, December 19, 2005
FAS- DOMESTIC SURVEILLANCE THREATENS RULE OF LAW
"In a 2000 statement describing oversight of NSA activities, then NSA Director Lt. Gen. Michael V. Hayden said 'The American people must be confident that the power they have entrusted to us is not being, and will not be, abused.'
NSA 'operates within detailed, constitutionally-based, substantive and procedural limits under the watchful eyes of Congress, numerous institutions within the Executive Branch, and -- through the FISA-- the judiciary. The privacy framework is technology neutral and does not require amendment to accommodate new communications technologies,' he said.
'The regulatory and oversight structure, in place now for nearly aquarter of a century, has ensured that the imperatives of national security are balanced with democratic values,' Gen. Hayden said then." ¶ 12/19/2005 04:29:00 PM
NSA 'operates within detailed, constitutionally-based, substantive and procedural limits under the watchful eyes of Congress, numerous institutions within the Executive Branch, and -- through the FISA-- the judiciary. The privacy framework is technology neutral and does not require amendment to accommodate new communications technologies,' he said.
'The regulatory and oversight structure, in place now for nearly aquarter of a century, has ensured that the imperatives of national security are balanced with democratic values,' Gen. Hayden said then." ¶ 12/19/2005 04:29:00 PM
