Officials: NSA mistakenly intercepted emails, phone calls of innocent Americans

nbc ^ | 6/7 | isakoff

[RummyChick]

The National Security Agency has at times mistakenly intercepted the private email messages and phone calls of Americans who had no link to terrorism, requiring Justice Department officials to report the errors to a secret national security court and destroy the data, according to two former U.S. intelligence officials.

At least some of the phone calls and emails were pulled from among the hundreds of millions stored by telecommunications companies as part of an NSA surveillance program. James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, Thursday night publicly acknowledged what he called “a sensitive intelligence collection program” after its existence was disclosed by the Guardian newspaper.

[HollyB]

Then what is PRISM?

[Secret Agent Man]

no balls in congress anywhere to stand up to the lies being said right to their faces.

no balls. the gop-e is in it with the democrats. it’s the only rational reason why. they huff and puff a little for kabuki theatre, that’s it. noting is going to come of it, they will all make’sure of that.

[M Kehoe]

Wait a minute. I just read a thread that stated the NSA can't read American's e-mail...

Oh, here it is...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3028756/posts.

Our government is totally out of control. Can Concord or Lexington be far off?

5.56mm

[bikerman]

destroy the data

Suuurrreee they did, wink wink.

[RginTN]

Don’t fear govt tyranny- Obama sez!

[UCANSEE2]

destroy the data Suuurrreee they did, wink wink.

Well, technically they did. See... they destroyed the paper copies they printed out and had on their desk which would prove they were not 'tracking' terrorists, but political opponents and their supporters.

Without those 'printouts', no one can prove what phone numbers were selected, and what 'conversations' they had reconstructed from digital data.

[UCANSEE2]

You can’t destroy electronic data in any meaningful sense.

But you can destroy paper hardcopies which prove who you were spying on.

[Stormdog]

“Is Devil’s Island available for lease?”

I think that we’re going to need a bigger piece of real estate.

[tina07]

Just another wittle boo-boo, they’re so, so, so very sorry.

[tina07]

But Beckel supports EVERY other damn thing Obama...even after this he’s loyal to The One.

[hattend]

bttt

[MichaelCorleone]

Oh, that’s alright. Try not to do it again k?

[PghBaldy]

20 trillion times, but who’s counting? /half joking

[widdle_wabbit]

Here it is, director testifies NSA has not got the technology to intercept e-mail.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=oYNXVgYhPOc

[devolve]

YOU CAN TRUST ME

WOULD I LIE TO YOU?

WHERE ARE MY FRIES?

[M Kehoe]

Thanks.

So the answer is, yes.

Is that rep doing the questioning Hank "Guam could tip over" Johnson?

5.56mm

[EBH]

This was on last night....scary stuff...

Inside the world of big data and big time politics

http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/special-report-bret-baier/videos#p/86927/v/2451277526001

[rfreedom4u]

The judges “were really upset about this,”

Upset that they got caught!

[unixfox]

One day 80 million constitution loving Americans are going to mistakenly arm themselves and over throw this tyranny.

I'm ready now. When and where?

Let's get this over with quick, while I can still enjoy it.

[Rennes Templar]

lol