In a recent podcast interview with Stewart Baker, NSA Civil Liberties and Privacy Officer Rebecca Richards, CIPP/US, CIPP/G, acknowledged “agencies should not ‘contort’ the law with ‘cute’ legal interpretations,” The Atlantic reports. Conor Friedersdorf quotes Richards as raising the questions, “Is the institution and what we're doing and how we're doing it sustainable both from a national security perspective and from a protection of privacy and civil liberties perspective? You know, we had this grand bargain in 1978, and it worked, but the technology has changed, the threat has changed, and so are we prepared for the next 40 years?” Editor’s Note: The Privacy Advisor recently reported on Richards’ comments at the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board hearing on “Defining Privacy” in November, and see a video of her first public appearance at last year’s Global Privacy Summit here.
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