The Guardian's Bombshell Revelation About NSA Domestic Spying Is Only The Tip Of The Iceberg

TBI - The Guardian (UK) ^ | 6-6-2013 | Michael Kelley

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The Guardian's Bombshell Revelation About NSA Domestic Spying Is Only The Tip Of The Iceberg

Michael Kelley
June 6, 2013, 12:08 PM

Last night Glenn Greenwald published a bombshell report revealing that the National Security Agency (NSA) is using the so-called "business records" provision of the Patriot Act to secretly collect telephone records of millions of Americans.

Although the revelation doesn't surprise privacy advocates, the fact that Greenwald obtained a top secret court order compelling Verizon to give the NSA information on all telephone calls in its systems is the first concrete piece of evidence exposing dragnet domestic surveillance.

But, unfortunately for U.S. citizens who don't want their government routinely spying on them, that's just the beginning.

From The Guardian:

It is not known whether Verizon is the only cell-phone provider to be targeted with such an order, although previous reporting has suggested the NSA has collected cell records from all major mobile networks.

Thanks to AT&T whistleblower Mark Klein and NSA whistleblowers William Binney and Thomas Drake, we know that the NSA has been perpetually amassing not only phone records but virtually all electronic records and communications.

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[Boogieman]

“the NSA has been perpetually amassing not only phone records but virtually all electronic records and communications.”

Waiting for the fallout when it becomes clear the feds have been monitoring all emails and internet traffic for a decade or more. Might get interesting.

[GOPJ]

If the regime is willing to use the IRS for political purposes what about the NSA?

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[GOPJ]

Binney — one of the best mathematicians and code breakers in NSA history — worked for the Defense Department's foreign signals intelligence agency for 32 years before resigning in late 2001 because he "could not stay after the NSA began purposefully violating the Constitution."

He's detailed how, ever since 9/11, the NSA has run a top-secret surveillance program that amasses electronic data — phone calls, GPS information, emails, social media, banking and travel records, entire government databases — and analyzes the information "to be able to monitor what people are doing" and who they are doing it with.

Well, that leaves the FBI. Are they corrupted too?

[GOPJ]

Remember how worked up they were over wire taps of Al qaeda calls to US citizens? Am I sure that Liberals, the defenders of Civil Liberties, would be marching on the White House with Code Pink if there be any truth to this tail!!!! (/s)

LOL - good one 11th....

[Cementjungle]

If the regime is willing to use the IRS for political purposes what about the NSA? Rhetorical question, I know.

The Dems and the media are ok with all this, as long as Obama only uses these tools to go after political enemies. As long as he doesn't unfairly target terrorists, they'll all defend him on it.

[Fred Nerks]

“Well, that leaves the FBI. Are they corrupted too?”

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3027980/posts

[GOPJ]

Amazing link... It’s like ‘unicorn’ world....

[Black Agnes]

Which makes me wonder what, exactly, dirt they have on linseed or mccain or their families.

[Empireoftheatom48]

It seems that the CIA did not like getting thrown under the bus!

[Pride in the USA]

Thanks for the ping!

[LibLieSlayer]

You can bet that there is plenty of shame in that bunch!

LLS