The Scariest Thing About NSA Analysts Spying On Their Lovers Is How They Were Caught

Michael Kelley, Aug. 27, 2013, 12:49 PM

Last week Siobhan Gorman of The Wall Street Journal reported that National Security Agency analysts have occasionally used vast surveillance tools to spy on love interests.

NSA Chief Compliance Officer John DeLong told reporters that willful violations of spying rules — dubbed "LOVEINT" — happened on “very rare” occasions, adding that he didn't have exact numbers because most of the violations were self-reported.