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
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