NSA Releases First Transparency Report

In a bid to appear more transparent, the Director of National Intelligence today released data on the National Security Agency’s (NSA) domestic spying operation. NSA’s report lifts the curtains on National Security Letters, FISA orders and more The report pulls back the curtain on 38,812 targets of National Security Letters, 1,767 FISA orders, and 423 targets of FISA business records requests, consistent with the relatively low numbers offered by President Obama in previous speeches. In one notable section, a single 702 order reached nearly 90,000 targets, presumably through the XKeyscore program, which targets emails and online chats. In regards to…