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January 13, 2017

NSA to Share Vast Data Trove with All U.S. Intelligence Agencies
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In other intelligence news, the National Security Agency will share its
vast archive of intercepted communications across all 17 U.S.
intelligence agencies without first filtering the data to protect
personal information. That's under new rules approved by Director of
National Intelligence James Clapper and Attorney General Loretta Lynch.
The New York Times reports the changes will give all U.S. spy agencies
access to a vast trove of intercepted emails, phone calls and satellite
transmissions-many of which contain private communications of U.S.
citizens. Included are the FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration,
which focus on domestic intelligence. Previously, the NSA was required
to filter out irrelevant personal information before sharing intercepted
communications with other agencies.


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