NSA - STASI WEST

The National Security Agency (NSA) went against court-approved privacy rules and, for three years, searched a 'really big!' database of citizen's phone call records.

This tells me one thing, and one thing only: Stasi (W) -- "Ministry of State Security (West)"

Stasi West? Sounds like a good name for a rock/metal band.


The Washington Post...
Declassified court documents highlight NSA violations in data collection for surveillance
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/declassified-court-documents-highlight-nsa-violations/2013/09/10/60b5822c-1a4b-11e3-a628-7e6dde8f889d_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines

Assorted comments made, I'm sure, in NSA offices by people who should know better...

"I didn't think you really meant it, though."

"Yeah, but I thought that in this case, the court demand would not really exactly apply."

"What court-approved privacy rules?..."