NSA Privacy Officer Selected
Late last year, as one of the fall outs from the Snowden disclosures, the NSA announced its intention to fill a completely new office -- a civil liberties and privacy officer who would serve as a direct adviser to the Director of NSA. Civil libertarians are skeptical and I think it is fair to say that the job will be quite a difficult
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Late last year, as one of the fall outs from the Snowden disclosures, the NSA announced its intention to fill a completely new office -- a civil liberties and privacy officer who would serve as a direct adviser to the Director of NSA. Civil libertarians are skeptical and I think it is fair to say that the job will be quite a difficult one for the selectee -- Rebecca "Becky" Richards who is leaving the DHS Privacy Office to start her new job at NSA next month.
Paul Rosenzweig is the founder of Red Branch Consulting PLLC, a homeland security consulting company. He formerly served as deputy assistant secretary for policy in the Department of Homeland Security. He is a professorial lecturer in law at George Washington University, a senior fellow in the Tech, Law & Security program at American University, and a board member of the Journal of National Security Law and Policy.
