| ID | 130989 |
| Title Proper | Politics of privacy in the age of preemptive security |
| Other Title Information | introduction |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Goede, Marieke De |
| Publication | 2014. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | In August 2013, a report was leaked to the Washington Post in which it was revealed that the US National Security Agency (NSA) violated its own privacy rules 2,776 times over a one-year period (Gellman 2013). The privacy violations documented in the report range from technical errors to serious violations such as operations without consent from the Foreign Intelligence and Surveillance (FISA) court and breach of the five-year data retention period. Other breaches are described as "broad syntax" errors, which are related to imprecise queries. This type of fault is presumed reducible "if analysts had more complete and consistent information available about … targets."1 Following the recent disclosures concerning the NSA's PRISM program, which has the capacity to search and connect numerous social network databases in the name of security, the importance of the publication of this privacy report cannot be overestimated. While much of the public discussion concerning PRISM has so far focused on the person of Edward Snowden and his unlikely journeys to Hong Kong and Russia, relatively few questions have been raised about the value and legitimacy of the PRISM program itself. The Washington Post revelations concerning the NSA privacy breaches have grabbed the headlines and may lead to Congressional Hearings (Blake 2013). As with other security and surveillance programs, privacy is a key anchor for critical questioning and public debate |
| `In' analytical Note | International Political Sociology Vol.8, No.1, March 2014: p.100-103 |
| Journal Source | International Political Sociology Vol.8, No.1, March 2014: p.100-103 |
| Key Words | Privacy ; Politics ; Security ; Preemptive Security ; International Politics ; Political Debate ; Foreign Intelligence and Surveillance - FISA ; United States - US ; US National Security Agency - NSA ; National Policy ; National Security ; PRISM ; Surveillance Programs ; Political Role ; International Relations - IR ; International Cooperation - IC |