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NSA Posts Opening For "Civil Liberties & Privacy Officer"

Posted by samzenpus on from the I-think-I'll-pass dept.

cold fjord writes "The Hill reports, 'The National Security Agency has posted a job opening for a privacy and civil liberties officer. The position was first mentioned last month, when President Obama outlined his plans to bring more transparency to the NSA surveillance programs. A White House press release said the agency was "taking steps to put in place a full time Civil Liberties and Privacy Officer."' — From the NSA job posting: 'The NSA Civil Liberties & Privacy Officer (CLPO) is conceived as a completely new role, combining the separate responsibilities of NSA's existing Civil Liberties and Privacy (CL/P) protection programs under a single official. The CLPO will serve as the primary advisor to the Director of NSA for ensuring that privacy is protected and civil liberties are maintained by all of NSA's missions, programs, policies and technologies. This new position is focused on the future, designed to directly enhance decision making and to ensure that CL/P protections continue to be baked into NSA's future operations, technologies, tradecraft, and policies. The NSA CLPO will consult regularly with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence CLPO, privacy and civil liberties officials from the Department of Defense and the Department of Justice, as well as other U.S. government, private sector, public advocacy groups and foreign partners. '"

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  1. Newspeak? by jonr · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Is it just me, or does anybody have the feeling that this job is probably the opposite of the title?

    1. Re: Newspeak? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I was thinking that rather than being the opposite that it would be a cube in the basement of a file room and given zero assistance from anyone, just "let us know if you see anything sketchy while you do whatever it is you feel like doing."

    2. Re: Newspeak? by phrostie · · Score: 5, Insightful

      wasn't that what the "judges" job was?

  2. Hmm by causality · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This new position is focused on the future, designed to directly enhance decision making

    Does "shut down this agency permanently and don't replace it with anything similar" count as an enhancement?

    If we want to fight terrorism we could always stop installing dictators and manipulating the affairs of other nations.

    --
    It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education. - Einstein
  3. PATRIOT act by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Most unpatriotic act ever. So, yes, all Govt names are EXACTLY opposite of what they say.
    Going by that, this guy is going to be tasked with infringing MORE, without even trying to hide it.