NSA to spy on its own staff off-the-clock: Official
The US National Security Agency aims to keep a tab on its own staff and their personal computers when out of working hours to ensure they are not participating in illegal activities, including downloading child pornography, or leaking classified information.
Kemp Ensor, the NSA director of security, said in a report published on Monday that since national security workers go online when at home, they need to be monitored there as well.
“That is where we need to be, that’s where we need to mine," said Ensor, referring to the time when NSA staff are not at their workplace.
He pointed out to the national security workers who were previously investigated every five to ten years, adding that now the agency has introduced a “continuous evaluation” model to sift through employees’ court records, transactions, and in some cases, social media postings.
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