Open AccessThe National Counterterrorism Center: Foreign and Domestic Intelligence Fusion and the Potential Threat to Privacy
Author(s) -
Bennie Thompson
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
pittsburgh journal of technology law and policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2164-800X
DOI - 10.5195/tlp.2006.19
Subject(s) - united states national security agency , espionage , political science , agency (philosophy) , national security , government (linguistics) , shadow (psychology) , publication , terrorism , electronic surveillance , newspaper , law , authorization , secrecy , computer security , sociology , social science , linguistics , philosophy , computer science , psychology , psychotherapist
Late last year, Americans woke, dressed, read the newspaper, and learned that the Federal Government had been spying on them for over three years. The White House had asked theNew York Times not to publish an article detailing President Bush’s authorization of National Security Agency (NSA) wiretapping of American citizens.1 The paper consequently delayed publication of the story for a year.2 When the news finally broke, it ignited a firestorm of public controversy.