NSA Shares Mass Surveillance Databases With Law Enforcement All Over The WorldBy David Neely William Binney,a formercrypto-mathematician who worked for theNSA beforeresigning in2001, became a whistlebloweronprograms he had a role in developing programs he believeswere being misused tospy on US citizens. Binney described US federal law enforcement agencies as new customer[s], saying they are already using NSA mass-surveillance databases to investigate, retroactively, anyone they want. It is the FBI [Federal Bureau of Investigation] and the DEA [Drug Enforcement Administration] that are actually using this, said Binney. Binney says the NSA database isnot limited to just US law enforcement agencies, either, adding that the NSA is sharing this data around the world with all the policing agencies around the world who they collaborate with. The NSAs mission statement claims the agencys purpose is to collect datafrom foreign targets for intelligence and counterintelligence purposes. In 2013, whistleblower Edward Snowden leaked informationrevealingdata collected by the NSA, under programs such as Operation Stellar Wind, actually encompassed personal information of nearly every citizen of the United States. Following the exposure of its domestic mass surveillance and spying programs, the NSA has gone on to defend its operations as being in the interest of national security. It also claims to have violated no US privacy laws, although a May 2015 federal appeals court ruling determined the NSAs mass collection of telephone metadata was both unconstitutional and illegal. Despite the ruling, the NSA has stated that it still plans on keeping and using the data. In addition to the court ruling, the NSA is currently being sued by the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation, the American Civil Liberties Union, and others in a lawsuit that claimsthe agencys monitoring has hindered the effectiveness of a free press. David Neely is editor for TruthVoice.com NSA..nosey snot as. 