Unintended Consequences—NSA Style

For John, BLUF:  It's not the first order consequences one has to worry about, but the second and third order impacts.

From The Huffington Post is a report on a Sun Sentinel article—"Bank Robbery Suspect Terrance Brown Wants NSA Phone Records For His Defense".  Here is a summary of the situation and the question:

At present, the federal government argues that our phone metadata is necessary for the fight against terrorism.  Now, an accused man wants to use them in his defense, as the FBI has been unable to locate his pre-2010 phone records.  Will metadata in NSA's possession be made available to the public?

Oh, and for those of you who wondered if the actions of Mr Edward Snowden would impact the ability of his former employer, Booz, Allen, Hamilton (aka BAH, Booz), to garner new contracts, we have this, from NextGov.com, dated 13 June 2013.  Special Ops Command Extends Booz Allen's IT Management Deal, by Mr Bob Brewin.

The folks in the Special Operations Command's contracting shop evidently have no intention of letting the largest leak of top secret intelligence in history keep it from extending a contract with Booz Allen Hamilton, the employer of the now on-the-lam leaker, Edward Snowden, to help run its global information technology network.

In July 2011, SOCOM awarded Booz Allen (along with six other contractors) a $62.5 million deal to provide it with “enterprisewide application management services to manage USSOCOM's global enterprise IT computing environment.”

Regards  —  Cliff