<p>+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />|  US Government Releases DoD Report Critical of NSA<br />|   from the  can-you-hear-me-now dept.<br />|   posted by Soulskill on Friday June 24, @12:56  (Communications)<br />|   <a href="https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/24/1630251/US-Government-Releases-DoD-Report-Critical-of-NSA?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email">https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/24/1630251/US-Government-Releases-DoD-Report-Critical-of-NSA?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email</a><br />+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />[0]decora  writes "Jesselyn Radack of the [1]Government Accountability<br />Project has  [2]posted a summary of the newly released [3]DoD Inspector<br />General report  (PDF) on the NSA's Thinthread and Trailblazer programs.<br />The DoD found that  NSA 'disregarded solutions to urgent national security<br />needs' and that  'TRAILBLAZER was poorly executed and overly expensive.'<br />NSA contractors had a  'fear of management reprisal' for cooperating with<br />the DoD audit. The FBI  later raided the homes of several people involved<br />with the report, and Thomas  Drake faced [4]Espionage Act charges for<br />retaining information related to it.  Those [5]charges were dropped two<br />weeks ago. Radack and the GAP represent  Drake on whistleblower issues."<br /><br />Discuss this story at:<br /> <a href="https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/24/1630251/US-Government-Releases-DoD-Report-Critical-of-NSA?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email#commentlisting">https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/24/1630251/US-Government-Releases-DoD-Report-Critical-of-NSA?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email#commentlisting</a><br /><br />Links:<br /> 0. <a href="mailto:decorat@mail.com">mailto:decorat@mail.com</a><br /> 1. <a href="http://www.whistleblower.org/">http://www.whistleblower.org/</a><br /> 2.  <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/06/23/987930/-What-The-Drake-Prosecution-Was-Really-AboutIG-Report-Vindicates-NSA-Whistleblowers?via=user">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/06/23/987930/-What-The-Drake-Prosecution-Was-Really-AboutIG-Report-Vindicates-NSA-Whistleblowers?via=user</a><br /> 3. <a href="http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/206129/redacted-dod-oig-audit-requirements-for-the.pdf">http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/206129/redacted-dod-oig-audit-requirements-for-the.pdf</a><br /> 4. <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/05/23/110523fa_fact_mayer">http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/05/23/110523fa_fact_mayer</a><br /> 5. <a href="http://www.thenation.com/article/161376/government-case-against-whistleblower-thomas-drake-collapses">http://www.thenation.com/article/161376/government-case-against-whistleblower-thomas-drake-collapses</a></p>