FCW reports that Rogers added the agency does not use the technology against U.S. citizens and ensures it stays within legal boundaries when it gathers information about a specific person.
âIf we have to do anything involving a U.S. person, we have specific legal constraints we must comply with,” he told audience at a Bloomberg Government event Tuesday in Washington.
“We just donât unilaterally decide, Hey, today I’m going to go after Citizen X, Y or Z.”
He believes the technology could aid in NSA programs to bring terrorists to justice and prevent adversaries from conducting attacks on the U.S. and allies, according to FCW.
âThese algorithms are used around the world to detect duplicates in databases, fraudulent applications for passports and driving licenses, in token-less access control, surveillance, social media tagging, lookalike discovery and criminal investigations,â said Patrick Grother, a biometric researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, according to the report.