LOVEINT

The term LOVEINT originated at the NSA, where approximately one such incident is reported per year. In 2013, eight had been reported in the past decade, and they were the majority of unauthorized accesses reported by the NSA.{{cite web|url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57605051-38/nsa-offers-details-on-loveint-thats-spying-on-lovers-exes/ |title=NSA offers details on 'LOVEINT' (that's spying on lovers, exes) |author=Edward Moyer |work=CNET |date=2013-09-27 |access-date=2014-03-23 |archive-date=2014-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201150537/http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57605051-38/nsa-offers-details-on-loveint-thats-spying-on-lovers-exes/ |url-status=dead }} Most incidents are self-reported, for example during a polygraph test. The NSA sanctions them with administrative action up to termination of employment.{{cite web|url=http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2013/08/23/nsa-officers-sometimes-spy-on-love-interests/ |title=NSA Officers Spy on Love Interests |author=Siobhan Gorman |work=Washington Wire |publisher=The Wall Street Journal |date=2013-08-23 |access-date=2014-03-23 |archive-date=2014-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140401212529/http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2013/08/23/nsa-officers-sometimes-spy-on-love-interests/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/08/24/loveint-when-nsa-officers-use-their-spying-power-on-love-interests/ |title=LOVEINT: When NSA officers use their spying power on love interests |author=Andrea Peterson |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2013-08-24 |access-date=2014-03-23 |archive-date=2014-03-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328093613/http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/08/24/loveint-when-nsa-officers-use-their-spying-power-on-love-interests/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/09/loveint-given-immense-powers-nsa-employees-super-cyber-stalked-their-crushes/ |title='LoveINT': Given Immense Powers, NSA Employees Super Cyber-Stalked Their Crushes |author=Lee Ferran |work=American Broadcasting Company |date=2013-09-27 |access-date=2014-03-23 |archive-date=2014-03-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324111119/http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/09/loveint-given-immense-powers-nsa-employees-super-cyber-stalked-their-crushes/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/loveint-nsa-letter-discloses-employee-eavesdropping-girlfriends-spouses-v20709855 |title='Loveint': NSA letter discloses employee eavesdropping on girlfriends, spouses |author=National Broadcasting Company |work=National Broadcasting Company |date=2013-09-27 |access-date=2014-03-23 |archive-date=2014-03-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140323134448/http://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/loveint-nsa-letter-discloses-employee-eavesdropping-girlfriends-spouses-v20709855 |url-status=dead }} In five of the cases, the NSA employee resigned, preempting any administrative action. In two other cases, they retired. The worst administrative sanction handed out was "a reduction in pay for two months, a reduction in grade, and access to classified information being revoked." One case was forwarded to the Department of Justice, which declined to prosecute.{{cite web|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/09/27/loveint_how_nsa_spies_snooped_on_girlfriends_lovers_and_first_dates.html |title=Loveint: How NSA spies snooped on girlfriends, lovers, and first dates. |author=Ryan Gallagher |work=Future Tense |publisher=Slate |date=2013-09-27 |access-date=2014-03-23 |archive-date=2014-04-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140402124934/http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/09/27/loveint_how_nsa_spies_snooped_on_girlfriends_lovers_and_first_dates.html |url-status=dead }}

In September 2007, it was reported that an employee of the German Federal Intelligence Service abused his monitoring powers to read the email-traffic of his wife's lover.{{cite web|url=http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/archiv/bka-reform---das-bundeskriminalamt-soll-per-gesetz-mehr-befugnisse-bei-der-terrorabwehr-bekommen--neue-fahndungsmethoden-sollen-die-jagd-auf-staatsfeinde-erleichtern--beamter-unter-verdacht,10810590,10501420.html |title=BKA-REFORM - Das Bundeskriminalamt soll per Gesetz mehr Befugnisse bei der Terrorabwehr bekommen. Neue Fahndungsmethoden sollen die Jagd auf Staatsfeinde erleichtern.: Beamter unter Verdacht |author=Andreas Förster |work=Berliner Zeitung |date=2007-08-31 |language=German |access-date=2014-03-16 |archive-date=2011-04-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429183905/http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-zeitung/archiv/.bin/dump.fcgi/2007/0831/politik/0062/index.html |url-status=dead }}

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• The use of LOVEINT is a major plot point in the 1994 James Cameron action comedy True Lies

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