Binney’s track record is impeccable. He spent four years in the Army Security Agency during the Vietnam War before transferring to the NSA in 1970. (…)

He alleges:
– The NSA buried key intelligence that could have prevented 9/11;
– The agency’s bulk data collection from internet and telephone communications is unconstitutional and illegal in the US;
– The NSA is ineffective at preventing terrorism because analysts are too swamped with information under its bulk collection programme;
– Electronic intelligence gathering is being used for covert law enforcement, political control and industrial espionage, both in and beyond the US;
– Edward Snowden’s leaks could have been prevented.