Posted on 07/21/2014 9:30:49 AM PDT by Dr. Thorne
One of the architects of the National Security Agency’s eavesdropping technology told a radio host today the Internal Revenue Service, or IRS, has “direct access” to the NSA’s domestic spying data and was likely using it to target the tea party.
NSA whistleblower William Binney was being interviewed on “Aaron Klein Investigative Radio” on New York’s 970 AM The Answer when he disclosed the startling revelation.
“For example,” Binney said in response to a question on how the NSA can use data and metadata to identify potential threats, “if you started to communicate with people involved in the tea party … and [the NSA] saw you were talking to somebody who was involved in setting up 501(c)3s, then they could alert the IRS to target you if you came in with a request.”
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
welcome to the new and improved version of utopia...
DEA is sooooo yesterday...
much easier to plant kiddie porn on yer puter from deep in the mountains than it is to plant a few kilos of coke directly in yer house...
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