Posted on 06/07/2013 8:05:34 AM PDT by Leo Carpathian
Summary: UPDATED: Turns out U.S. government agencies might be tapping into into a lot more than just Verizon customer records.
NSA is watching you
US gov't defends NSA surveillance, slams 'reprehensible' journalists
NSA: All up in your privacy junk since 1952
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Verizon records tapped by NSA
Both the National Security Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are said to have been secretly mining data directly from the servers of at least nine top U.S.-based technology companies, according to The Washington Post.
Citing a leaked presentation intended for only senior analysts within the NSA's Signals Intelligence Directorate, which was then obtained by the Post, this was all done since 2007 under a highly-classified program dubbed "PRISM."
As for the companies involved, it's a who's who list filled with Silicon Valley behemoths that is surely going to upset lawmakers and average Internet users alike.
The ring of nine consists of Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, AOL, Skype, YouTube, Apple, and video chat room community PalTalk. Apparently Dropbox was slated to be the next one added to the list.
The kind of content being extracted from the central servers at theses tech companies include audio, video, photos, e-mails, documents and connection logs.
(Excerpt) Read more at zdnet.com ...
This new server is so brisk, it makes mocking Omoslem even more of a joy.
I really believe that Roberts got blackmailed by Obama over something with his chilren. And he wanted to protect his children.
Go take a look at the people who voted to expand the Patriot Act....both sides need a full cleaning.
BTTT!
First They Came for the Jews
First they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left
to speak out for me.~Pastor Martin Niemöller
Community and individuality are not opposites. People cannot survive on their own. When the odds are stacked against you, you must rally with the oppressed and hated.
When a growing oppressive regime is taking hold, you must act, otherwise you will soon face your enemy alone and hopeless.
Strength of community is a strength as much as individualism, as long you are willing to face weaknesses in your own community. Ignoring slacking values will mean that you will be rallied against by those you oppress.
Niemöller affirms we must rally against unhealthy organized regimes. We must also stay vigilant with those that appear to be good natured, as all organisation attracts corruption. Niemöller also warns us that if it is you who are corrupt, then you will face a stronger combined force of foe!
~Vexen Crabtree
He adopted because he’s gay.
Voters in SC get their chance to remove Graham in the primary next year before the general election.
If he isn’t removed in the primary conservatives should not vote for Graham in the general election.
I do too.
Occam’s Razor.
Hell, they aren't even allowed to use "jihad" as a search term!
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