Phone calls (land & mobile), faxes, cc purchases, texting, email etc... everything you do/say electronically is being vacuumed-up by the NSA’s facility in Bluffdale, UT.
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/03/ff_nsadatacenter/
It’s been going on for a long time; get used to it, citizen!
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This was on The Blaze 6 months ago and the information went nowhere. Interesting that it is resurfacing now:
NSA Whistleblower, Utah Data Center
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d5hci6tHv8
That right there is the problem. We are used to it.
Want a wireless phone from Verizon or AT&T? They will assure you "We respect your privacy" as they demand your SSN and your DL#, then give you a phone and share the log with whatever tax-evading, sext-happy wienergeithner bureaucrat demands it, plus the IRS, the DHS and the DOJ, and all the "rogue cells" they affirmatively employ.
We ARE used to it.
Supermarket/department/drug store/office supply store loyalty cards. Track your purchases tagged to your name so kathleen sub-eel-ee-us can know if we are eating healthy or not. Charge more for you new improved health plan? Nah. They would never stoop that low. LOL!