PERSON: William Binney

United States National Security Agency (Fmr.)

Intelligence official (Fmr.)

William Edward Binney is a former highly placed intelligence official with the United States National Security Agency (NSA)turned whistleblower who resigned on October 31, 2001, after more than 30 years with the agency. He was a high-profile critic of his former employers during the George W. Bush administration.

Binney continued to speak out during Barack Obama’s presidency about the NSA’s data collection policies, and continues to give interviews in the media regarding his experiences and his views on interception of communication of American citizens by governmental agencies. In a legal case, Binney declared in an affidavit that the NSA is acting in deliberate violation of the U.S. Constitution.

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