Why the gov't source leaked PRISM

Politico ^ | 6/6/13 | DYLAN BYERS

[Nachum]

The Washington Post has published a remarkable report showing that the National Security Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have been monitoring the central servers of major Internet companies -- Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, PalTalk, AOL, Skype, YouTube and Apple -- and "extracting audio, video, photographs, e-mails, documents and connection logs that enable analysts to track a person’s movements and contacts over time."

Why did a government source leak information of this program, dubbed "PRISM," to the Post? What follows is perhaps the most chilling paragraph I've read to date about U.S. government surveillance:

Firsthand experience with these systems, and horror at their capabilities, is what drove a career intelligence officer to provide PowerPoint slides about PRISM and supporting materials to The Washington Post in order to expose what he believes to be a gross intrusion on privacy. “They quite literally can watch your ideas form as you type,” the officer said.

In the wake of last night's Guardian report about the NSA's collection of Verizon phone user metadata, the New York Times editorial board argued that the Obama administration "has now lost all credibility" in defending its abuses of executive power. That was before the report about PRISM, which unlike the Verizon metadata, includes surveillance of user content.

[coloradan]

We changed phones a few years ago, and couldn't keep the old one, because it wasn't trackable.

[Flick Lives]

I’d much prefer taking back the United States, and bringing her back to what she was created to be. The libs have brought my beloved America to her knees, but I will never abandon her. If it takes my bones to fertilize her recovery and return, then that’s okay with me.

Can it be brought back, or is it already a thing of the past? What makes a country after all? It is not the land itself. It is the people, their beliefs, and attitudes. If a government grows to the point where it makes a majority of the people its dependents, those people are no longer what was once America.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Singing, “I’ll be watching you” by the Police (who else?)

Or, “Eye in the sky” by Alan Parsons Project (aka “The Drone”)

Or, “Somebody’s watching me” - by ? (forget their name)

Or “I only have eyes for you” - Skyliners

(Forgive any errors; don’t have my Billboard Top 40 book with me).

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Baghdad McDermott is a great reason for more insane asylums.

[M Kehoe]

We saw what you did there.

He he he. Well, I post with my real name, the CIANSADIAetc have my finger prints, address etc., so it's not hard to find me.

8^)

5.56mm

[kevao]

Maybe they really did have something on Chief Justice Roberts, and this is how they got it...?

[newheart]

“Somebody’s Watching Me” was Michael Jackson.

And don’t forget Gershwin’s “Someone to Watch Over Me.”

[unixfox]

Baghdad McDermott is a great reason for more insane asylums.

No, gallows.

[cookcounty]

If the War on Terrorism is winding down, ....why the increase in spying on the citizenry.?????????

Obama, head of the Dem Data-Mining Masters has his reasons. What are they?

[mware]

Just read on another thread that Google, et al. are claiming no knowledge of PRISM.

[joseph20]

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

I only have eyes for you” - Skyliners

Errors are forgiven, but this song was a monster hit for the Flamingos.

[pluvmantelo]

Actually it is a fellow named Rockwell, though MJ did appear on the recording.

[Brad from Tennessee]

FOX News has been showing an investigative documentary about how the Obama campaign employed “data mining” to help them win the 2012 election. Consultants for the campaign were able to obtain data precise enough to predict what TV shows people—of various demographic stripes—in a particular district watched nightly. This enabled the consultants to customize campaign commercials and place them in time slots where they would have maximum effect.

[TangoLimaSierra]

PRISM was implemented in 2007. Bush’s fault. See, it wasn’t the Obamite’s.

I thought that was REAPER.

[autumnraine]

You are obviously on the internet, that is part of this. THIS STORY IS NOT THE PHONE STORY, don’t get them confused.

THIS story is every key stroke of every person on the internet who uses the main engines.

[txhurl]

No, it wasn’t Jackson, it was ... R.. and now I forget his name.

Jackson did help with background vocals.

[Perdogg]

I still think that the WH leaked it, only the NSD of the DoJ would have had the brief.

[autumnraine]

Actually, it was Rockwell. One hit wonder. MJ just sang back up.

[cookcounty]

Thx cripple creek for the laughs, although maybe I should be crying...I hope you don’t mind if I steal this.