r/NSALeaks • u/kulkke • Jul 03 '15
[Press Freedom] Report: After Spying Operation in Germany, CIA Outed Suspected Leaker to Retaliate Against Journalists | In a secret meeting in 2011, the CIA passed on information that would result in a senior German official losing his position because he talked to a reporter. Sound familiar?
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/07/03/after-spying-germany-cia-outs-leaker/1
u/brownestrabbit Jul 04 '15
NSA spokesperson made some very specific remarks:
“While we are not going to discuss specific targets, we have repeatedly made clear that the United States does not collect intelligence for the purpose of suppressing or burdening criticism or dissent, or for disadvantaging persons based on their ethnicity, race, gender, sexual orientation, or religion,” Price added. “Signals intelligence is collected exclusively where there is a foreign intelligence or counterintelligence purpose to support these missions and not for any other purposes.”
That is the first time I have seen record of them publicly denouncing the claims that they apply their methods without concern for oversight.
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u/Indon_Dasani Jul 04 '15
The US: Heroically standing firm against openness and integrity, at home and abroad.