By Iain Thomson, 27 Jun 2014

 

The US Director of National Intelligence (DNI) has published the NSA's first "transparency report", revealing the number of "targets" spied on by the agency.

Its definition of the word transparency, however, makes the data somewhat hard to fathom.

 "Within the Intelligence Community, the term 'target' has multiple meanings," the report [pdf], published today, notes.

 

The Register/ full read here/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/27/nsa_issues_own_somewhat_murky_transparency_report/