Revealed: NSA Collecting Phone Records of Millions of Americans Daily (Verizon data court order)

UK Guardian ^ | Wednesday 5 June 2013 | Glenn Greenwald

[JerseyHighlander]

https://www.eff.org/nsa-spying

The US government, with assistance from major telecommunications carriers including AT&T, has engaged in a massive program of illegal dragnet surveillance of domestic communications and communications records of millions of ordinary Americans since at least 2001.

News reports in December 2005 first revealed that the National Security Agency (NSA) has been intercepting Americans’ phone calls and Internet communications. Those news reports, combined with a USA Today story in May 2006 and the statements of several members of Congress, revealed that the NSA is also receiving wholesale copies of American’s telephone and other communications records. All of these surveillance activities are in violation of the privacy safeguards established by Congress and the US Constitution.

The evidence also shows that the government did not act alone. EFF has obtained whistleblower evidence [PDF] from former AT&T technician Mark Klein showing that AT&T is cooperating with the illegal surveillance. The undisputed documents show that AT&T installed a fiberoptic splitter at its facility at 611 Folsom Street in San Francisco that makes copies of all emails web browsing and other Internet traffic to and from AT&T customers and provides those copies to the NSA. This copying includes both domestic and international Internet activities of AT&T customers. As one expert observed “this isn’t a wiretap, it’s a country-tap.”

[UCANSEE2]

There is no Law in the USA.

Lawyers would disagree with you.

Plenty of LAW. You mean NOBODY FOLLOWS IT ?

[UCANSEE2]

The sources would talk only under a guarantee of anonymity because the NSA program is secret.

Every time I hear that, I assume that means it was an 'indirect order' from the 'top' to release that info.

It just seems like someone with certain 'investments' could make a great amount of money in the 'markets' by releasing news like that.

Plus... the added bonus of instilling more 'fear' into the populace.

So, even if this is completely true, there is an underlying (secret) reason it is being released and made public.

[DannyTN]

The title says “Verizon Data court order” by definition a court order needs a judges approval.

[DannyTN]

The title says “Verizon Data court order” by definition a court order needs a judges approval.

[DannyTN]

U.S. Foreign Intelligence Court

It's a special court set up by Congress has it's own appeals court too.

[UCANSEE2]

Thank you.

So... what’s the Judge’s name ?

[UCANSEE2]

I went to the link. Thanks again.

Jennifer B. Coffman Eastern District of Kentucky

Rosemary M. Collyer District of Columbia

Raymond J. Dearie Eastern District of New York

Claire Eagan Northern District of of Oklahoma

Martin L.C. Feldman Eastern District of Louisiana

Thomas Hogan District of Columbia May 18, 2009

Mary A. McLaughlin Eastern District of

F. Dennis Saylor District of Massachusetts

Roger Vinson Northern District of Florida

Reggie B. Walton District of Columbia

Susan Webber Wright Eastern District of Arkansas

James Zagel Northern District of Illinois

Must be one of these.

[zeugma]

Anyone who is surprised by this hasn’t been paying attention for the past 20 years.

[null and void]

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[zeugma]

Thanks for pointing that out. People need to understand that the survellance state is not a partisan thing. Unless you, like me believe the dems and pubs are just the two faces of Janus.

[DannyTN]

My money is on one of these two:
Susan Webber Wright Eastern District of Arkansas
Reggie B. Walton District of Columbia