NSA (partially) Declassified

Lally Singh writes "Posted yesterday on the National Security Archives was the NSA's "Transition 2001" report, prepared as an introductory report for President Bush (II)'s incoming administration. "The largest U.S. spy agency warned the incoming Bush administration in its 'Transition 2001' report that the Information Age required rethinking the policies and authorities that kept the National Security Agency in compliance with the Constitution's 4th Amendment prohibition on 'unreasonable searches and seizures' without warrant and 'probable cause,' according to an updated briefing book of declassified NSA documents posted today on the World Wide Web.""

Comments

oblig. sneakers quote

[Anonymous Coward]

Dick Gordon: National Security Agency.
Martin Bishop: Ah. You're the guys I hear breathing on the other end of my phone.
Dick Gordon: No, that's the FBI. We're not chartered for domestic surveillance.
Martin Bishop: Oh, I see. You just overthrow governments. Set up friendly dictators.
Dick Gordon: No, that's the CIA. We protect our government's communications, we try to break the other fella's codes. We're the good guys, Marty.
Martin Bishop: Gee, I can't tell you what a relief that is, Dick.

Is it just me...?

[slavemowgli]

Is it just me, or is document 26b missing? It's probably just a goof-up, really, but still, it's rather funny - you don't really see that kind of goof-up every day, after all, or at least not on the websites of a well-known university (which I think the GWU counts as).

Re:What nonsense

[jasonmicron]

To me, it already came 21 years ago. =D

Re:What nonsense

[robertjw]

1984 seems to be approaching faster than I would like

Well, actually, it's 21 years late already. Can't hold it off forever.

Constitution?

[malus]

we don't need no stinkin constitution.

Re:Forensic chaff for semiotic warfare

[plover]

That's a fairly impressive list of keywords. You seem to be lacking in the white supremacist / racist department, but you will certainly be forgiven for not wanting to type any of their fecal phrases into your computer.

Any reason you slipped your own name into that list? :-)

Better

[SuperBanana]

Martin: "You know, I could have joined the NSA, but they found out my parents were married"

Dick: "Heh...." (holds back Wallace) "Hey, we're all FRIENDS here..."

Oh, and:

Carl: "The young lady with the Uzi. Is she single?"
Martin: "Carl. This is the brass ring."
Carl: "I just want her phone number"
Martin: "How about a lunch date? You can chaparone. The FBI will give 'em twins."
Abbott: "NO!"
Mary: "You could have anything in the world and you want my phone number?"
Carl: "....yes."
Mary: "342-4525. Area code 701" (sorry, I don't remember her number :-)
Carl: "I'm Carl."
Mary(giggles): "I'm Mary."
Abbott: "I'm going to be sick."

Re:Better

[Anonymous Coward]

"342-4525. Area code 701"

I don't think she lives in North Dakota.

Re:Yes the gove does need to rethink the 4th

[1_interest_1]

Or is t hat only what you've been led to believe?

Surely the founding fathers had seen an industrialized nation before, or at the very least had experience in watching how Europe governed at the time.

They had great expectations for this country, and definitely would not have limited themselves to "thinking small".

Re:Weird but True.

[Anonymous Coward]

3) The NSA has an extremely bright team of civilians that do the bulk of their cryptoanalysis work. One of which is famous, and not for the work he does in cryptology. You'd actually laugh aloud if you knew. I guess it is his hobby, but someone is taking him seriously.

Let me guess. Stephen Hawking.

Re:Weird but True.

[CarpetShark]

3) The NSA has an extremely bright team of civilians that do the bulk of their cryptoanalysis work. One of which is famous, and not for the work he does in cryptology. You'd actually laugh aloud if you knew. I guess it is his hobby, but someone is taking him seriously.

God, I really hope you're not referring to Bill...

Re:Yes the gove does need to rethink the 4th

[Elwood P Dowd]

those that drafted those never thought that our fellow citizens would have the apathy for tyrrany that we currently do.

Whatever.