Sources: NSA Targeting Credit Card Use

Big Government ^ | 6/7/2013 | Elizabeth Sheld

[markomalley]

The WSJ is reporting that in addition to monitoring cell phone records, emails and web activity, the National Security Agency is monitoring credit card transactions. "NSA has established similar relationships with credit-card companies, three former officials said."

[TADSLOS]

We brought in thousands of Iraqi defectors from the first gulf war. Lord only knows how many Somalis we’ve brought in. I dated a Serbian sociologist who told me that she had interviewed dozens of war criminals from the Balkan mess who were in American prisons and walking free. There must be hundreds of thousands here on student visas.

All embedded with a death cult pressure cooker mindset.

[KSCITYBOY]

They would have had to consider the bombers as the enemy - which they didn’t.

[RetiredArmy]

Communism and the KGB have arrived in Amerika. We are now the police state that once was behind the Iron Curtain. THIS is what I served 20 years in the military for? I spent 10 of my 20 years in Germany, one tour patrolling the East-West border, protecting against the red horde. Now it is if I wasted that time. It got here by the voting box instead of the Soviets or Red China invading. Red China has invaded, but via the money we owe them now in debt. Total Big Brother via the KGB. How stinking wonderful.

[caww]

Yet with all this info, they could not stop the Boston bombers ...

That could lead some to think perhaps this isn’t about catching people as much as it is tracking and controlling people...which of course is the case.

[caww]

Exactly Venturer...:(

[Black Agnes]

The didn’t want to stop the Boston bombing. It served the purpose of convincing us to accept even more police state activities. Remember when the shut down the entire town and were evicting citizens from their own homes at gunpoint?

That was to get us used to that idea.

If they’d wanted to stop Boston they would have.

[DBrow]

Trade your affinity card with someone else’s, and keep doing that. You get the perks, they get data they do not realize is scrambled.

[indthkr]

"Yet with all this info, they could not stop the Boston bombers - with a tip from the Russians.

Having the information and doing something about it are two different things entirely.

Plenty of people in Colorado knew that James Holmes was a complete nutter, including people at the University of Colorado who were responsible for security, but they didn't do anything....

[caww]

<....”The targeted ads for something I look at online follows me constantly”....>

I’m using “Abine”...Do Not Track ME system. In the first four days it blocked over a thousand companies and websites tracking me.

So far I like it...as it does not interfer with any other programs at all...and appears to be doing it’s work. Plus my computer is actually faster with out all that loading on.

Most people don’t realize that social networks like facebook,google etc. all track you....even when you are NOT on their site.

We shall see how this works....I also use StartPage....

[caww]

<......”If they were really interested in protecting us they would seal our borders and pick and choose who comes in. If they can watch all of us they can damn sure protect our border”....>

But then of course that is not there purpose....the borders will never be closed...ever. And this data storage isn’t about anything more than tracking and controlling people...with a few caught terrorists along the way for the show.

[austinaero]

One more reason not to buy ammo online—if you can find it.

One more reason not to buy ANYTHING on line..use cash,,,and stay local,,hey

this may foster local relationships and bonds,,,uh oh,,,Dear Leader probably didn’t think of that

[austinaero]

Since when was catching terrorists the goal?

The question needs to be presented, so that those who are not paying close enough attention realize what is going on.

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The OTHER question that needs to be presented (as if we could trust the answer anyway) is what is this administration’s definition of “terrorist”

Janet?
Valery?
Dear Leader?

[cookcounty]

I wonder how long it will be before Obama finds out about it from the newspapers......

[Diogenesis]

They left the borders open DELIBERATELY giving the
incoming terrorists weapons in FAST&FURIOUS
and via MANPADs thru Libya.

The Public is FED UP.

Congress: Can you read this?

MENE MENE TEKEL UPHARSIN

[MichaelCorleone]

So I take it if you’re a part of the ‘wrong’ political spectrum, or the wrong gender, the wrong color, etc., you may all of a sudden find you have no credit.

[keykitten]

Do as the Japanese do. They do not allow muslims into
their country..no mosques,no muslims.

[CMB_polarization]

The danger was never from a splinter group of Islam. It’s from the plutocrats in the world that don’t want to deal with a middle class, and its inflated expectations.

[cookcounty]

Even a Broken Beck is right 5 times a day.

[Excellence]

Maybe they needed them as the excuse to monitor us.

[Grampa Dave]

"You assume that is the type Big Sis and her colleagues are profiling."