James+Lin+Pd.+8+NSA

Article: Docs say NSA repeatedly promised to stop surveillance rules violations Author: Associated Press []

**Subject:** NSA monitors cellphones and emails domestically and overseas as well; letter was published in German in German magazine der Spiegel **Occasion:** Snowden exposed top-secret NSA documents/records of NSA monitoring domestic cell phone records & even Angela Merkel's cell phone **Audience:** the NSA, American citizens, everybody in the world (whom the NSA is watching) **Purpose:** to report on Snowden’s exposing the NSA; to describe the significance of Snowden’s being wanted on espionage charges **Speakers:** CNN, Chelsea J. Carter, Susanna Capelouto, Edward Snowden **Tone:** alarmist, factual **Choices made:** included quotes from Snowden; included allegations/suggestions; not necessarily factual **Choices not made:** to include Snowden’s letter; to include quotes from the NSA **Quotes****:** "The National Security Agency reported its own violations of surveillance rules to a U.S. intelligence court and promised additional safety measures to prevent similar missteps over and over again, according to more than 1,000 pages of newly declassified files..." "Despite the assurances in 2006 that rules were adequate, problems surfaced in 2009 that were so serious that the intelligence court temporarily shut down the surveillance program."

Article: Unjustified Hysteria Over the NSA Surveillance Program Author: Froma Harrop []

**Subject:** Public is generally misinformed concerning NSA surveillance; NSA only has access to “metadata” **Occasion:** Bipartisan outrage over NSA surveillance activities, including both leftist defendants of personal liberty and right-wing opponents of Obama **Audience:** America’s general public, the world, since the NSA has been accused of carrying out surveillance internationally **Purpose:** to set the record straight on urban legends concerning NSA surveillance; to highlight the complexity of the issue that many believe is purely one-sided violation of constitutional rights **Speakers:** Froma Harrop, John Schindler **Tone:** satirical, defensive, assertive, anecdotal **Choices made:** included personal story about 9-11, included pop culture references – Law and Order famous line **Choices not made:** include specific quotes from Greenwald **Quotes:** "I recall thinking, here we are in the commercial capital of the most powerful country on earth, with a zillion-dollar defense budget, and we couldn't see this coming." "The computers don't look at content – what I say or what is said to me. Where's the big loss in privacy?"

Article: Claim on “Attacks Thwarted” by NSA Spreads Despite Lack of Evidence Authors: Justin Elliott and Theodoric Meyer http://www.propublica.org/article/claim-on-attacks-thwarted-by-nsa-spreads-despite-lack-of-evidence
 * Subject:** consistently repeated figure of 54 attacks thwarted by the NSA; source claims a lack of sufficient evidence to prove that 54 attacks were thwarted
 * Occasion:** many sources have repeated President Obama's claim that the NSA has helped to thwart 54 terrorist attacks, with the degree of involvement of the NSA as well as the actual number varying
 * Audience:** those interested in the NSA debate, American citizens, terrorist groups
 * Purpose:** to cast doubt over the oft-repeated figure used by those supporting the NSA's surveillance activities
 * Speakers:** Justin Elliott, Theodoric Meyer, Rep. Mike Rogers, President Obama, NSA Chief General Keith Alexander, Sen. Patrick Leahy, Rep. Jim Himes, Rep. Lynn Westmoreland, Leslie Shedd, Rep. Brad Wenstrup, Rep. Joe Heck, Susan Phalen, Rep. James Lankford, Rep. Jim Langevin, Meg Fraser
 * Tone:** skeptical, journalistic, meticulous
 * Choices made:** include examples of the statistic's usage; use various members of Congress's exact words to convey a sense of doubt
 * Choices not made:** include examples of people discrediting the statistic
 * Quotes****:** "The NSA has publicly identified 4 of the 54 cases." "But members of Congress have repeatedly ignored the distinctions and hedges." "In the months since, intelligence officials, media outlets, and members of Congress from both parties all repeated versions of the claim that NSA surveillance has stopped more than 50 terrorist attacks."