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NSA Officers Sometimes Spy On Love Interests

Posted by timothy on from the lives-of-others dept.

Jah-Wren Ryel writes "The latest twist in the NSA coverage sounds like something out of a dime-store romance novel — NSA agents eavesdropping on their current and former girlfriends. Official categories of spying have included SIGINT (signals intelligence) and HUMINT (human intelligence) and now the NSA has added a new category to the lexicon — LOVEINT — which is surely destined to be a popular hashtag now."

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  1. Re:I am shocked shocked I tell you by jamstar7 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Really is anyone surprised?

    Wasn't the oversight supposed to prevent this?

    Didn't the FISA court just reveal a few days ago that they can't do proper oversight on NSA? And nothing from the House Intelligence Committee either...

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  2. Re:I am shocked shocked I tell you by AmiMoJo · · Score: 5, Informative

    According to TFA most incidents were "self reported", meaning someone failed a polygraph. Since polygraphs are bullshit we know a lot of times the criminal abusing this power got away with it.

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