Leaked NSA Audit Shows It Violated Privacy Rules

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August 16, 2013

A sign stands outside the National Security Administration (NSA) campus on Thursday, June 6, 2013, in Fort Meade, Md. (Patrick Semansky/AP)

The Washington Post has released more of the information it received from the fugitive National Security Agency (NSA) leaker Edward Snowden.

The Post reports that an internal audit, the NSA found it had violated privacy rules thousands of times.

Some violations were as simple as typos that led to unintended searches, while others involved new collection methods that were ultimately ruled unconstitutional.

See also the executive summary of the NSA's internal audit

Guest

Carol Leonnig, reporter with the Washington Post. She tweets @CarolLeonnig.

This segment aired on August 16, 2013.