Comments on: IG Report Blasts the Director of National Intelligence http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2009/04/ig_dni.html Secrecy News from the FAS Project on Government Secrecy Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:51:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Michael Hampton http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2009/04/ig_dni.html/comment-page-1#comment-3260 Michael Hampton Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:54:08 +0000 http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/?p=2424#comment-3260 Generally, information about U.S. persons must be "minimized," that is, identifying information removed, before the intelligence is used or shared. As you might imagine with the massive patchwork of laws, there are lots of exceptions and rules to follow. As with anything else complex that the government does, this requires a lot of training. You can figure out the rest, I'm sure. Generally, information about U.S. persons must be “minimized,” that is, identifying information removed, before the intelligence is used or shared. As you might imagine with the massive patchwork of laws, there are lots of exceptions and rules to follow. As with anything else complex that the government does, this requires a lot of training. You can figure out the rest, I’m sure.

]]> By: Steven Aftergood http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2009/04/ig_dni.html/comment-page-1#comment-3204 Steven Aftergood Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:10:00 +0000 http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/?p=2424#comment-3204 I think the sentence you cite must be a paraphrase of the section on pages 12-13 of the report about "U.S. persons," and specifically the reference there to "Insufficient training on the handling of U.S. persons information." But it is hard to know exactly what is behind this. I think the sentence you cite must be a paraphrase of the section on pages 12-13 of the report about “U.S. persons,” and specifically the reference there to “Insufficient training on the handling of U.S. persons information.” But it is hard to know exactly what is behind this.

]]> By: Stan B http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2009/04/ig_dni.html/comment-page-1#comment-3203 Stan B Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:45:33 +0000 http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/?p=2424#comment-3203 There is a article on this in todays LATimes. At the very end of the article what appears to be one of those throw-away line, but it is also one of those lines that leaves you hanging, wanting more info than just the one line. Could you enlighten me on what he meant by the following line ? "Finally, the report said that efforts to fix the nation's eavesdropping laws have not been matched by adequate instruction to the employees engaged in that work." Here's a link to the article. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-intel-reform2-2009apr02,0,4545189.story There is a article on this in todays LATimes. At the very end of the article what appears to be one of those throw-away line, but it is also one of those lines that leaves you hanging, wanting more info than just the one line. Could you enlighten me on what he meant by the following line ?

“Finally, the report said that efforts to fix the nation’s eavesdropping laws have not been matched by adequate instruction to the employees engaged in that work.”
Here’s a link to the article. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-intel-reform2-2009apr02,0,4545189.story

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