Massive spying
programs
The Patriot Act was part of a major overhaul of the US
intelligence community, which authorized warrantless, dragnet surveillance
against US citizens allegedly to protect US national security
after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. “We have these laws that are
on their face against the Fourth Amendment [of the US Constitution],
yet people feel they can act on those laws and make it all legal and never
have to bear accountability,” retired Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
analyst Ray McGovern said of the US Patriot Act.
Privacy
security
On March 30, 2015, Peru's Congress opposition representatives get to approve amotion of censure filed against Ana Jara, the president of the Council of Ministers and a member of the country's ruling party, for “failure to investigate duly, denounce, and sanction those accused of committing illegal acts within the country's intelligence agency, known as Dirección Nacional de Inteligencia, (DINI)”.
Information security
Journalists who
report on serious wrongdoing by Australian intelligence officers may still face
prosecution under new national security laws, according to the commonwealth director of public prosecutions (CDPP). Australia’s
acting independent national security legislation monitor, Roger Gyles QC, is
considering the impact of a new section inserted into the Asio Act in 2014 – section 35P –
which would criminalise disclosure of information that relates to a “special
intelligence operation”.
Lack the human intelligence on the
ground
A day after
admitting a counterterrorism strike against an Al Qaeda compound mistakenly killed an
American and Italian hostage in January, President Barack Obama heralded
intelligences officials for how serious they take their jobs.
“We all bleed when we lose an American life. We all
grieve when any innocent life is taken,” Obama said Friday in a speech marking
the 10th anniversary of the Office of Director of National Intelligence. “You
don’t take this work lightly. I know that each and every one of you understand
the magnitude of what we do. These aren’t abstractions and we’re not cavalier
about what we do. We understand the solemn responsibility given to us.”
Threat to global security prevention
War on terror
The U.S. drone strike that accidentally killed two hostages in Pakistan
exposes intelligence shortfalls that former and current U.S. officials say
appear to be growing more frequent as militants expand their safe havens and as
Washington gathers less on-the-ground human intelligence.
International intel cooperation
Germany was in an uproar when news broke that the National Security
Agency (NSA) had been monitoring Chancellor Angela Merkel’s phone calls and
communications. Now it turns out that German intelligence agency BND
(Bundesnachrichtendienst) was passing select information — including phone
numbers and IP addresses — to the NSA on politicians and defense contractors in
Europe, reports Der Spiegel.
Spying on neighbour
Germany's BND secret services spied on French and other European
companies and officials for the US's National Security Agency (NSA), German
newspapers have reported, sparking a scandal in Berlin but no official reaction
in Paris. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's office has known since 2008 that the
BND was carrying out economic espionage for the NSA but failed to stop it
because of its anti-terror cooperation with the US, Bild newspaper revealed on Monday.
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