NSA Director Gen Keith Alexander @ Blackhat 2013 (reup)

TYPE: MP3
TIME: 49.42 MIN
LOCATION: BLACK HAT VEGAS 2013

The assumption is our people are just out there wheeling and dealing. Nothing could be further from the truth. We have tremendous oversight over these programmes. We can audit the actions of our people 100%, and we do that," he said.

General Alexander rejected suggestions that his staff could monitor all US internet traffic and phone calls. "The fact is, they don't," he said.

The four-star army general, who in addition to the NSA heads the Central Security Service and US Cyber Command, was responding to mounting concern over alleged civil rights violations by post-9/11 intelligence gathering networks. That pressure mounted on Wednesday when the Guardian published details of a programme called Xkeyscore, which allows analysts to search with no prior authorization through vast databases containing emails, online chats and the browsing histories of millions of individuals.

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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/31/nsa-keith-alexander-black-h...
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