The National Security Agency is facing its worst crisis since the
domestic spying scandals four decades ago led to the first formal
oversight and overhaul of U.S. intelligence operations.
Thanks to former NSA systems analyst Edward Snowden's flood of leaks to the media, and the Obama administration's uneven response to them, morale at the spy agency responsible for intercepting communications of terrorists and foreign adversaries has plummeted, former officials say. Even sympathetic lawmakers are calling for new curbs on the NSA's powers.
"This is a secret intelligence agency that's now in the news every day," said Michael Hayden, who headed the NSA from 1999 to 2005 and later led the CIA. "Each day, the workforce wakes up and reads the daily indictment."
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/08/25/200325/nsa-having-flashbacks-to-watergate.html#.Uhsy9ryE6Zi
Thanks to former NSA systems analyst Edward Snowden's flood of leaks to the media, and the Obama administration's uneven response to them, morale at the spy agency responsible for intercepting communications of terrorists and foreign adversaries has plummeted, former officials say. Even sympathetic lawmakers are calling for new curbs on the NSA's powers.
"This is a secret intelligence agency that's now in the news every day," said Michael Hayden, who headed the NSA from 1999 to 2005 and later led the CIA. "Each day, the workforce wakes up and reads the daily indictment."
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/08/25/200325/nsa-having-flashbacks-to-watergate.html#.Uhsy9ryE6Zi
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