Highlights From Newly Released NSA Oversight Reports Reveal Bumbling Ineptitude But No Evidence Of Systematic Abuse

A few hours before Christmas Eve, the National Security Agency released more than a decade's worth of damning reports on its website. The reports, which had been submitted by the NSA to the President's Intelligence Oversight Board from 2001 to 2013, purport to cover any activity that could be considered unlawful or contrary to government policy. They included incidents in which individual employees abused their security clearances to target a current or former romantic partner as well as dozens ...