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NSA's Top Lawyer on Surveillance, Unmasking, and the Challenges of the Digital Revolution

NSA's Top Lawyer on Surveillance, Unmasking, and the Challenges of the Digital Revolution

FromIntelligence Matters


NSA's Top Lawyer on Surveillance, Unmasking, and the Challenges of the Digital Revolution

FromIntelligence Matters

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Length:
37 minutes
Released:
Apr 2, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this episode of Intelligence Matters, host Michael Morell speaks with Glenn Gerstell, the National Security Agency's top legal officer. They discuss the looming legal, ethical and societal implications of the digital revolution underway across the globe, as well as the challenges posed by the rapid development and adoption of new technologies. Gerstell explains how changes in the information landscape have prompted an evolution in the NSA's own approach to transparency. He also details the NSA's internal protocols for identifying surveillance targets and unmasking individuals whose communications are captured by incidental collection.
Released:
Apr 2, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

In Intelligence Matters, former acting Director of the CIA Michael Morell, speaks with top leaders of the U.S. intelligence community as they reflect on their life, career and the critical roles they play in shaping national security policies. (154991) As a central figure in the most significant U.S. counter-terror efforts of the past two decades and a former CIA intelligence analyst, Morell is uniquely skilled at taking industry leading knowledge to make connections that provide deep insight into complex security events – helping decode intelligence officials’ key priorities and providing perspectives on how to achieve national security objectives. Morell is the author of “The Great War of Our Time” and a vivid account of the Central Intelligence Agency, a life in secrets, and a war in the shadows.