NSA

Re “Europe Blows Whistle on That Great Eavesdropper, the NSA,” Commentary, Aug. 4: The article misleads readers to an improper conclusion that the National Security Agency has withheld documents relating to a “Project Echelon.” This is not the case.

The House Intelligence Committee welcomed Rep. Bob Barr’s (R-Ga.) amendment requesting a report on legal standards involved in intelligence collection, because such a report is consistent with the committee’s regular work in overseeing U.S. intelligence activities. It had nothing to do with alleged improprieties in real or imagined NSA intelligence programs.

REP. PORTER J. GOSS

Chairman

REP. JULIAN C. DIXON

Ranking Democratic Member

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Washington