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June 10, 2013

When the Surveillance State Is Used to Investigate and Prosecute Whistleblowers, the Occupy Movement and Environmental Activists By Mark Karlin

It’s worth noting that a noticeable number of progressives are protesting not the expanded government invasion of privacy under President Obama, but rather those sites, such as BuzzFlash at Truthout, who are harshly critical of Obama for justifying a secret system of massive spying on individuals. Continue reading

National Security State

data mining, database state, democracy, Mark Karlin, NSA, Obama, Occupy Movement, prism, spying, surveillance, the state, United States, Whistleblowers
June 10, 2013

Is This the REAL Reason for the Government Spying On Americans?

To understand the scope, extent and reason that the government spies on all Americans, you have to understand what has happened to our Constitutional form of government since 9/11. Continue reading

Liberties, National Security State, USA

Congress, data mining, database state, Government, intelligence, prism, security, spying, surveillance, terrorist, United States, White House
June 10, 2013

Video: "On a Slippery Slope to a Totalitarian State": NSA Whistleblower Rejects Gov’t Defense of Spying

“The government is not trying to protect [secrets about NSA surveillance] from the terrorists,” Binney says. “It’s trying to protect knowledge of that program from the citizens of the United States.” Continue reading

National Security State, Videos

data mining, database state, Democracy Now, intelligence, James Clapper, National Security Agency, NSA, prism, spying, surveillance, United States, Video, Whistleblower
June 10, 2013

President Obama’s Data Harvesting Program: NSA as Pollster, PRISM as MISO By John Stanton

The membership of President Obama’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NTSAC) reflects the close proximity of the President to critical cyber/telecom/ISP leaders who likely get advanced warning of the incoming nukes. Some of the NSTAC members include Verizon Business Group, Raytheon, AT&T, Vonage, Intelsat, Avaya, Microsoft and Lockheed Martin. Continue reading

Liberties, National Security State

Boiling Frogs, constitution, data mining, database state, Intelsat, NSA, Obama, prism, Raytheon, security, spying, surveillance, Verizon
June 10, 2013

US data mining system technical details murky

The US government’s vast online data collection system revealed this week could tap into companies like Google and Facebook without the knowledge of top executives, experts said. Continue reading

Liberties, National Security State

AFP, BT, data mining, database state, Google, mining, nature, NSA, prism, rights, security, spying, surveillance
June 10, 2013

The NSA’s Greatest Hits: “We’re the Only Ones Not Spying on the American people” By Burkely Hermann

The hero of the day, 29 year-old Edward Snowden, an NSA contractor, revealed himself in an interview with The Guardian: “after several days of interviews [we are]…revealing his identity at his request…“I have no intention of hiding who I am because I know I have done nothing wrong,” he said. Continue reading

Liberties, National Security State

data mining, database state, Global Research, intelligence, liberties, NSA, police, PR, prism, security, spying, surveillance
June 10, 2013

Top Spying Experts Explain Why You Should Oppose Spying … Even Though You’ve Done Nothing Wrong

Surveillance Can be Used to Frame You If Someone In Government Happens to Take a Dislike to You … Last Chance to Stop “Turnkey Tyranny” Continue reading

Liberties, National Security State

CIA, database state, Government, Internet, National Security Agency, NSA, Petraeus, spying, surveillance, William Binney
June 10, 2013

Video: Edward Snowden – NSA Whistle Blower: ‘I don’t want to live in a society that does these sort of things’

Edward Snowden was interviewed over several days in Hong Kong by Glenn Greenwald and Ewen MacAskill. “The NSA has built an infrastructure that allows it to intercept almost everything. With this capability, the vast majority of human communications are automatically ingested without targeting. If I wanted to see your emails or your wife’s phone, all… Continue reading

Spies-R-Us, Videos

China, CIA, crime, database state, edward snowden, intelligence, NSA, Obama, prison, security, spying, surveillance, terrorist, Video, Whistleblower
June 9, 2013

So Just Exactly What Is NSA’s Prism, More Than Reprehensibly Evil? By Rick Falkvinge

Adding it all together, it would appear that the social tech companies did not, repeat not, supply bulk data about their users at the US Government’s will – but that the situation for you as an end user remains just as if they had. Continue reading

National Security State, USA

data mining, database state, Google, Government, Internet, National Security Agency, NSA, prism, spying, surveillance, United States, Washington Post
June 8, 2013

Video: Top NSA Official: Government Tapping CONTENT, Not Just Metadata … Using Bogus “Secret Interpretation” of Patriot Act

We reported in 2008 that foreign companies have had key roles scooping up Americans’ communications for the NSA. The newest information regarding the NSA domestic spying scandal raises an important question: If America’s tech giants didn’t ‘participate knowingly’ in the dragnet of electronic communication, how does the NSA get all of their data? Continue reading

National Security State, USA, Videos

AT&T, binney, database state, Government, Internet, James Bamford, Narus, NSA, Patriot Act, privacy, roles, spying, surveillance, Verint, Verizon, Video
June 8, 2013

Wikileaks Newslinks 8 June 2013

8 June 2013 — williambowles.info Assange: US rule of law suffering ‘calamitous collapse’ Economic Times US soldier Bradley Manning is being court-martialled for leaking the huge cache of government files to WikiLeaks, while there has been an outcry in the US media after the government seized the phone records of journalists at the Associated Press and …… Continue reading

Spies-R-Us

assange, London, NSA, Steal Secrets, surveillance, WikiLeaks
June 8, 2013

NSA Built Back Door In All Windows Software by 1999

In researching the stunning pervasiveness of spying by the government (it’s much more wide spread than you’ve heard even now), we ran across the fact that the FBI wants software programmers to install a backdoor in all software. Continue reading

National Security State, USA

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June 8, 2013

NSA Prism program taps in to user data of Apple, Google and others By Glenn Greenwald and Ewen MacAskill

The National Security Agency has obtained direct access to the systems of Google, Facebook, Apple and other US internet giants, according to a top secret document obtained by the Guardian. Continue reading

Liberties

Apple, Congress, FAA, Glenn Greenwald, Google, intelligence, NSA, surveillance
June 7, 2013

Iowa City moves to ban drones, traffic cameras and license plate readers

The residents of Iowa City, Iowa have moved to ban drones, red-light cameras and license plate readers in what is likely the most thorough action taken by a town yet against modern surveillance technologies. Continue reading

Liberties, USA

CCTV, City Council, drone, drones, Executive Director, peace, privacy, RT, surveillance, UAVs
June 7, 2013

High-Level American Intelligence Source: “We Hack Everyone Everywhere"

“We Like To Make A Distinction Between Us And The Others. But We Are In Almost Every Country In The World.” Continue reading

National Security State, USA

database state, intelligence, NSA, Obama, privacy, Propaganda, security, spying, surveillance, United States
June 7, 2013

High-Level American Intelligence Source: “We Hack Everyone Everywhere”

“We Like To Make A Distinction Between Us And The Others. But We Are In Almost Every Country In The World.” Continue reading

National Security State, USA

database state, intelligence, NSA, Obama, privacy, Propaganda, security, spying, surveillance, United States
June 7, 2013

Video: “A Massive Surveillance State”: Glenn Greenwald Exposes Covert NSA Program Collecting Calls, Emails

The National Security Agency has obtained access to the central servers of nine major Internet companies — including Google, Microsoft, Apple, Yahoo! and Facebook. The Guardian and The Washington Post revealed the top-secret program, codenamed PRISM, after they obtained several slides from a 41-page training presentation for senior intelligence analysts. It explains how PRISM allows… Continue reading

Liberties, USA

database state, Democracy Now, Glenn Greenwald, GOODMAN, Journal, New York, NSA, prism, privacy, surveillance, Verizon, Video, Wall Street, Washington Post
June 7, 2013

Video: "A Massive Surveillance State": Glenn Greenwald Exposes Covert NSA Program Collecting Calls, Emails

The National Security Agency has obtained access to the central servers of nine major Internet companies — including Google, Microsoft, Apple, Yahoo! and Facebook. The Guardian and The Washington Post revealed the top-secret program, codenamed PRISM, after they obtained several slides from a 41-page training presentation for senior intelligence analysts. It explains how PRISM allows… Continue reading

Liberties, USA

database state, Democracy Now, Glenn Greenwald, GOODMAN, Journal, New York, NSA, prism, privacy, surveillance, Verizon, Video, Wall Street, Washington Post
June 7, 2013

NO2ID Newsletter (2nd Series) No. 9 – 6th June 2013

7 June 2013 — NO2ID Edited by Daryl Worthington ++ NEW THREAT TO MEDICAL PRIVACY by James Baker Continue reading

Liberties, UK

BBC, database state, health records, NHS, Nick Clegg, NO2ID, privacy, Scotland, surveillance
June 6, 2013

Is the Government Also Monitoring the CONTENT of Our Phone Calls?

The American government is in fact collecting and storing virtually every phone call, purchases, email, text message, internet searches, social media communications, health information, employment history, travel and student records, and virtually all other information of every American. Continue reading

National Security State, USA

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