Consent Form for NSA Surveillance

It turns out the NSA has a consent form you can fill out to give the agency permission to monitor your overseas phone calls and e-mail.

The form (.pdf) comes from a procedures manual (.pdf) FOIAed by John Young at Cryptome. It looks like it was crafted for government employees who want to go the extra mile for Uncle Sam. But there's no reason you can't volunteer -- unless, of course, you have something to hide.

Executive Order 12333
Consent Agreement
Signals Intelligence Coverage I _____________ (full name) _________________________ title ________________, hereby consent to the National Security Agency undertaking to seek and disseminate communications to or from or referencing me in foreign communications for the purpose of ___________________.

This consent applies to administrative messages alerting elements of the United States Signals Intelligence System to this consent as well as to any signals intelligence reports which may relate to the purpose stated above.

Except as otherwise provided by Executive Order 12333 procedures, this consent covers only information which relates to the purpose stated above and is effective for the period: _______________.

Signals intelligence reports containing information derived from communication to or from me may only be disseminated to me and to __________________. Signals intelligence reports containing information derived from communication referencing me may only be disseminated to me and to [names of departments and agencies, e.g., DoD. CIA. etc] except as otherwise permitted by procedures under Executive Order 12333.

(SIGNATURE)
(TITLE) (UNCLASSIFIED until completed. Classify
completed form based on information added,
but not lower than CONFIDENTIAL.)

For "purpose", I'd write, "To win the War on Terror." Effective: "Until the War on Terror is won." I suggest sending it to the NSA's main address at Fort Meade with an appropriate Attn line:

National Security Agency
Attn: Spy on Me!
9800 Savage Road, Suite 6740
Fort Meade, MD 20755-6740

This is a great opportunity to show that you stand behind your president. The Specter bill is poised to make the NSA's warrantless surveillance of Americans legal, but it isn't yet the law of the land, and a federal judge has already ruled the program violates federal statute and the Constitution. If every man, woman and child in the U.S. fills out this form and sends it to the NSA, the agency, and President Bush, will no longer be breaking the law.

Remember, there's no Terrorist Surveillance Program without U.

Forward this to everyone you know.