Posted on 10/21/2013 3:14:26 AM PDT by markomalley
The U.S. National Security Agency swept up 70.3 million French telephone records in a 30-day period, according to a newspaper report that offered new details of the massive scope of a surveillance operation that has angered some of the country's closest allies. The French government on Monday summoned the U.S. ambassador for an explanation.
The report in Le Monde, co-written by Glenn Greenwald who originally revealed the NSA surveillance program, found that when certain numbers were used, the conversations were automatically recorded. The surveillance operation also swept up text messages based on key words, Le Monde reported, based on records from Dec. 10 to Jan 7.
The Le Monde reporting emerged as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Paris for diplomatic talks Monday about a peace process for Israel and Palestinian authorities.
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>> I would want terrorists to believe every phone conversation Is being listened to and recorded
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> I wouldnt.
Nor would I; it was bad enough in Iraq where they’d swap out SIM cards... now imagine a widespread collection of “terrorists” who, believing all electronic comms are tracked, must find a way to communicate. They’re going to come up with some wonderfully creative stuff, just as you and I would be forced to do if that same surveillance were turned on us (surprise, it is) — if the state of general-surveillance is not stopped, government will become all-knowing, and the petty bureaucrats will turn their attention to you and *finding* [perhaps inventing] faults to prosecute.
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