New Targeted Surveillance Book Published By US Govt.
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The US government has produced a publication that may become essential reading for the New Zealand government…
The Bulk Collection of Signals Intelligence: Technical Options study is a result of an activity called for in
Presidential Policy Directive 28 (PPD-28), issued by President Obama in January 2014, to evaluate U.S. signals
intelligence practices. The directive instructed the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) to produce a
report within one year "assessing the feasibility of creating software that would allow the intelligence community more
easily to conduct targeted information acquisition rather than bulk collection." ODNI asked the National Research
Council (NRC) -- the operating arm of the National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering -- to conduct
a study, which began in June 2014, to assist in preparing a response to the President. Over the ensuing months, a
committee of experts appointed by the Research Council produced the report.
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