The Transformation of the National Security Agency

In: Telos, Heft 169

Abstract

Pan argues that the status of the NSA is changing profoundly due to the Internet and the corollary transformation of the public sphere. While Edward Snowden's revelations were indeed a turning point, this sudden forcing of the NSA into the limelight of American politics after its history of secrecy has ultimately been the result of a long-term process in which it has had to adapt to the blurring of the border between private and public in both its foreign intelligence and domestic security missions. Adapted from the source document.