Just as we learn the National Security Agency may be spying on us as we play Angry Birds, there’s a new hire over at the agency, meant to put an end to our chirping. Slate’s Lily Hay Newman reports that Rebecca Richards—currently the acting deputy chief privacy officer for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security—has been tapped for a gig as NSA privacy officer.
According to Newman, four months ago the NSA advertised a job posting for someone who would “serve as the primary adviser to the director of NSA for ensuring that privacy is protected and civil liberties are maintained by all of NSA’s missions, programs, policies and technologies.”
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