NSA Revelations of Privacy Breaches 'the Tip of the Iceberg'

Spencer Ackerman @ Guardian UK - Two US senators on the intelligence committee said on Friday that thousands of annual violations by the National Security Agency on its own restrictions were "the tip of the iceberg."

Senator Ron Wyden (above) and Mark Udall said: 'We believe Americans should know that this confirmation is just the tip of a larger iceberg.' (Photograph: Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

"The executive branch has now confirmed that the rules, regulations and court-imposed standards for protecting the privacy of Americans' have been violated thousands of times each year," said senators Ron Wyden and Mark Udall, two leading critics of bulk surveillance, who responded Friday to a Washington Post story based on documents provided by whistleblower Edward Snowden.  Read more.