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Timeline of National Security Agency Leaks

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Comprehensive graphic timeline of the events leading to and stemming from recent National Security Agency leaks. Members can see updates to this slide as news breaks.

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Stream of NSA Leaks Puts Administration in Hot Water Sources: Matthew Cooper and Garance Franke-Ruta, Breathe, People: We Shouldnt Rush to Judgment About Edward Snowden, National Journal, June 11, 2013; Dan Roberts, Spencer Ackerman, and Tania Branigan, Edward Snowdens explosive NSA leaks have US in damage control mode, The Guardian, June 10, 2013; Glenn Greenwald and Ewen MacAskill, NSA Prism program taps in to user data of Apple, Google and others, The Guardian, June 6, 2013; Dan Roberts and Spencer Ackermann, Obama defiant over NSA revelations ahead of summit with Chinese premier, The Guardian, June 7, 2013; Nicholas Watt, Prism scandal: European commission to seek privacy guarantees from US, The Guardian, June 10, 2013. Updated June 12, 2013 Timeline of Events Leading to NSA Leaks 2008 2012 March 2013 June 5, 2013 June 6, 2013 June 7, 2013 June 9, 2013 June 10, 2013 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act amended National Security Agency (NSA) no longer needs probable cause to intercept phone calls, text messages, or e-mails within U.S. as long as one party to communications is reasonably believed to be outside the U.S. Senators express frustration over lack of surveillance data Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Mark Udall (D-Colo.) write to NSA expressing frustration with the agencys refusal to estimate the scale of its collection of American communications Prism program leaked Leak of NSA presentation on Prism program, which allows agency to obtain targeted communications from Internet service providers without having to request them from service providers or obtain court orders; several senior tech executives deny having heard of the program Director of National Intelligence denies data collection During a Senate Intelligence Cmte. hearing, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper denies collecting any type of data at all on millions of Americans Verizon court- order leaked Leak of top-secret court order compelling Verizon to turn over telephone metadata records of million of U.S. customers to NSA Obama defends surveillance programs President Obama insists U.S. surveillance operations have full congressional approval and strike a balance between privacy and national security Snowden interview leaked The Guardian releases Edward Snowdens interview and related top-secret documents are declassified; some show that NSA breaks down surveillance data in a way that could allow the agency to quantify American communications European Commission raises concerns with U.S. data monitoring European Commission raises concerns directly with U.S. administration about threats to EU citizens privacy from the sort of data monitoring highlighted in NSA leaks

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Timeline of National Security Agency Leaks

  • 1. Stream of NSA Leaks Puts Administration in Hot Water Sources: Matthew Cooper and Garance Franke-Ruta, Breathe, People: We Shouldnt Rush to Judgment About Edward Snowden, National Journal, June 11, 2013; Dan Roberts, Spencer Ackerman, and Tania Branigan, Edward Snowdens explosive NSA leaks have US in damage control mode, The Guardian, June 10, 2013; Glenn Greenwald and Ewen MacAskill, NSA Prism program taps in to user data of Apple, Google and others, The Guardian, June 6, 2013; Dan Roberts and Spencer Ackermann, Obama defiant over NSA revelations ahead of summit with Chinese premier, The Guardian, June 7, 2013; Nicholas Watt, Prism scandal: European commission to seek privacy guarantees from US, The Guardian, June 10, 2013. Updated June 12, 2013 Timeline of Events Leading to NSA Leaks 2008 2012 March 2013 June 5, 2013 June 6, 2013 June 7, 2013 June 9, 2013 June 10, 2013 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act amended National Security Agency (NSA) no longer needs probable cause to intercept phone calls, text messages, or e-mails within U.S. as long as one party to communications is reasonably believed to be outside the U.S. Senators express frustration over lack of surveillance data Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Mark Udall (D-Colo.) write to NSA expressing frustration with the agencys refusal to estimate the scale of its collection of American communications Prism program leaked Leak of NSA presentation on Prism program, which allows agency to obtain targeted communications from Internet service providers without having to request them from service providers or obtain court orders; several senior tech executives deny having heard of the program Director of National Intelligence denies data collection During a Senate Intelligence Cmte. hearing, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper denies collecting any type of data at all on millions of Americans Verizon court- order leaked Leak of top-secret court order compelling Verizon to turn over telephone metadata records of million of U.S. customers to NSA Obama defends surveillance programs President Obama insists U.S. surveillance operations have full congressional approval and strike a balance between privacy and national security Snowden interview leaked The Guardian releases Edward Snowdens interview and related top-secret documents are declassified; some show that NSA breaks down surveillance data in a way that could allow the agency to quantify American communications European Commission raises concerns with U.S. data monitoring European Commission raises concerns directly with U.S. administration about threats to EU citizens privacy from the sort of data monitoring highlighted in NSA leaks