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New York Times Publishes Declassified Report on Post-Snowden Reforms

Matthew Kahn
Friday, June 16, 2017, 9:02 PM

The New York Times has published a declassified version of a 2016 report from the Defense Department Inspector General that assesses the reforms implemented to improve security of the NSA's most sensitive systems after the Snowden disclosures.

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The New York Times has published a declassified version of a 2016 report from the Defense Department Inspector General that assesses the reforms implemented to improve security of the NSA's most sensitive systems after the Snowden disclosures. The 60-page document, released in response to a FOIA lawsuit by the Times, details how efforts to secure those systems fell short. The full document can be found below.


Matthew Kahn is a third-year law student at Harvard Law School and a contributor at Lawfare. Prior to law school, he worked for two years as an associate editor of Lawfare and as a junior researcher at the Brookings Institution. He graduated from Georgetown University in 2017.

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