The Washington Post revealed NSA internal audit showing thousands of privacy violations. According to the report, the agency broke its own internal regulations 2,776 times between March 2011 and March 2012. In a followup article that appeared on Aug. 23, The Wall Street Journal reported that government officials would spy on love interests. These kinds of violations "constitute most episodes of willful misconduct by NSA employees," the Journal reported.
Why is this important? The lack of managerial oversight in how, and for what purposes, NSA employees used the vast amount of data at their disposal raised concerns among privacy advocates.
