A former National Security Agency (NSA) chief who was in the post when the Edward Snowden scandal broke has joined Amazon’s board as a director. Gen Keith Alexander, whose appointment was made public on Wednesday, became known to the public after Mr Snowden blew the whistle on the agency’s mass surveillance programs. A spokesman for Privacy International told the BBC the move was “worrying”. “Yes, the Keith Alexander personally responsible for the unlawful mass surveillance programs that caused a global scandal,” he added. Last week, a US federal court ruled that the NSA’s phone record surveillance, uncovered by Mr Snowden in 2013, was illegal.
— source bbc.com | 10 Sep 2020