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NSA Privacy Officer Richards Also Takes on Transparency Responsibility

NSA appointed Rebecca Richards, civil liberties and privacy director, to also be its first transparency officer, the agency said in a news release Monday. NSA said the appointment reflects a commitment to the recently established "Principles of Intelligence Transparency for…

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the Intelligence Community," which is intended to make information publicly available unless disclosure would harm national security. Richards will sit on the Intelligence Transparency Council, which is a new forum where the intelligence community "will develop a strategic, coordinated, and proactive approach to increased transparency," NSA said. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper formalized the council a week ago to help advise him on the implementation of the principles.