The Ultimate Townhall Media Experience Has Arrived
Minnesota Just Admitted That Illegals Can Vote in Their Elections
Well, That's Certainly an Interesting Donor You Have, Mikie Sherrill
RFK Jr's Wife Slaps Down Attacks Against Her Husband With One Simple Fact
HBO Host Has a Total Meltdown Over CBS News' New Editor-in-Chief
Why Did Democrats Lose White Men? John Fetterman Has the Answer.
The ‘Climate Crisis’ Is the Left’s New Tool to Shame, Scare, and Silence...
Zohran Mamdani Will Make NYC a Haven for Sex Traffickers
The White Houses Response to the 'No Kings' Protests: 'Who Cares?'
Snipers Protecting 'No Kings' Rally Trigger CNN Reporter, Crowd
200 Capitol Police Officers Secure 'No Kings' Rally For No Pay
Vought Pauses $11B in Projects During Schumer's Shutdown
ICE Arrested Illegal Alien Serving As Suburban Chicago Police Officer
21 Attorneys General Challenge EPA Over Solar Program Cuts
Feds Nab Illegal Alien Who Placed $10,000 Bounty on ICE Agent
Tipsheet

Report: NSA Employees "Routinely" Pass Around Intercepted Nude Photos

Former NSA contractor-turned-whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed in an interview with The Guardian that NSA employees "routinely" share nude photos that were intercepted from text messages or emails.

Advertisement

“You've got young enlisted guys, 18 to 22 years old,” Snowden said. “They've suddenly been thrust into a position of extraordinary responsibility where they now have access to all of your private records. In the course of their daily work they stumble across something that is completely unrelated to their work in any sort of necessary sense. For example, an intimate nude photo of someone in a sexually compromising position. But they're extremely attractive.

“So what do they do? They turn around in their chair and show their co-worker. The co-worker says: ‘Hey that's great. Send that to Bill down the way.’ And then Bill sends it to George and George sends it to Tom. And sooner or later this person's whole life has been seen by all of these other people. It's never reported. Nobody ever knows about it because the auditing of these systems is incredibly weak. The fact that your private images, records of your private lives, records of your intimate moments have been taken from your private communications stream from the intended recipient and given to the government without any specific authorization without any specific need is itself a violation of your rights. Why is that in a government database?”

Advertisement

Snowden then continued to say that this practice happened on a "routine" basis. Snowden's allegations are in line with the NSA's own reporting.

Regardless of ones' opinion about Snowden's actions, these allegations are disturbing. The Fourth Amendment did not become null and void with the advent of the internet and the telephone—and there's no valid reason for NSA employees to be sharing nude photos amongst themselves.

Join the conversation as a VIP Member

Recommended

Trending on Townhall Videos

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement