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The National Security Agency sent out a letter to all of its employees and affiliates, including contractors, that could be printed and shared with family, friends and colleagues. It was intended to reassure them that the NSA is not really the abusive and unchecked spying agency engaged in illegal activity that someone reading former NSA contractor Edward Snowdens disclosures might think it happens to be.
The letter, sent on September 13, is signed by NSA Director Gen. Keith Alexander (captain kirk) and NSA Deputy Director John Inglis, begins, We are writing to you, our extended NSA/CSS family, in light of the unauthorized disclosure of classified information by a former contractor employee.
If anyone was thinking of breaking up with the NSA family, the letter states, We want to put the information you are reading and hearing about in the press into context and reassure you that this Agency and its workforce are deserving and appreciative of your support.
Some media outlets have sensationalized the leaks to the press in a way that has called into question our motives and wrongly cast doubt on the integrity and commitment of the extraordinary people who work here at NSA/CSSyour loved one(s), the letter suggests. It has been discouraging to see how our Agency frequently has been portrayed in the news as more of a rogue element than a national treasure.
more and the letter
http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2013/09/19/nsa-sends-letter-to-its-extended-family-to-reassure-them-that-they-will-weather-this-storm/
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fujiyama
(15,185 posts)I have a lot of trust in these contractors that have a ridiculous amount of access to everyone's info (and do a shitty job) all the while sanctioned by an agency that obviously doesn't give a shit about any accountability. The NSA's sole purpose is simple. It's the same as pretty much every other branch and agency of the govern't - to further enrich the top 1% and the corporate masters.