Flutterby™! : That little stream of water pouring over the dike

NSA Director Keith Alexander told the Black Hat conference:

The systems were "100 percent auditable" and the general claimed that there had been "Zero abuses of NSA PRISM, and that's no bullshit."

Well, turns out that was bullshit. At least one NSA analyst has been disciplined for stalking an ex-spouse. More analysts have admitted to stalking.

Via this MeFi entry on the NSA paying millions to various Internet companies to compensate them for PRISM.

And oh, look, it looks like the New Zealand police can directly access PRISM data...

Also, as many people are starting to observe: If you want to make Snowden look irresponsible, you can make your own leaks and attribute them to Snowden... which sounds like what the GCHQ is doing.

Bonus: Intelligence official says he was fired for not lying to Congress, says that Rogers and Feinstein are misinformed.