[T]he NSA has a different definition of "abuse" than most people. After LOVEINT was brought up to Director of National Intelligence general counsel Robert Litt on a conference call with reporters, he replied: "I'm using abuse in a slightly more limited term."
Right. Litt meant that nobody has ever, EVER, used NSA powers to listen to giraffes in the Cleveland Zoo mate. That's the "abuse" he was talking about. Am I the only one who thinks he speaks precisely?
Read the Intelligence Community's Whistleblower Protection Act. Direct disclosure to Congress by an IC member is quite limited. I believe the Act requires informing the AG that the whistle is about to be blown first. Otherwise, you are violating the law, contrary to the suggestion made by the writer in The Atlantic. Not my area of expertise, but worth a very careful look if anyone takes this suggestion seriously.
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Right. Litt meant that nobody has ever, EVER, used NSA powers to listen to giraffes in the Cleveland Zoo mate. That's the "abuse" he was talking about. Am I the only one who thinks he speaks precisely?
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Read the Intelligence Community's Whistleblower Protection Act. Direct disclosure to Congress by an IC member is quite limited. I believe the Act requires informing the AG that the whistle is about to be blown first. Otherwise, you are violating the law, contrary to the suggestion made by the writer in The Atlantic. Not my area of expertise, but worth a very careful look if anyone takes this suggestion seriously.