NSA Wiretapping and Snowden on the run
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brehs, the rabbit hole just goes deeper and deeper:
"The FBI uses drones for domestic surveillance purposes, the head of the agency told Congress early Wednesday.
Robert Mueller, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, confirmed to lawmakers that the FBI owns several unmanned aerial vehicles, but has not adopted any strict policies or guidelines yet to govern the use of the controversial aircraft.
Does the FBI use drones for surveillance on US soil? Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) asked Mr. Mueller during an oversight hearing on Capitol Hill Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Yes, Mueller responded bluntly"
"The FBI uses drones for domestic surveillance purposes, the head of the agency told Congress early Wednesday.
Robert Mueller, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, confirmed to lawmakers that the FBI owns several unmanned aerial vehicles, but has not adopted any strict policies or guidelines yet to govern the use of the controversial aircraft.
Does the FBI use drones for surveillance on US soil? Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) asked Mr. Mueller during an oversight hearing on Capitol Hill Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Yes, Mueller responded bluntly"
"We are in the initial stages of doing that," Mueller said, emphasizing that the FBI drone program was in the nascent stages. "I will tell you that our footprint is very small. We have very few of limited use, and we're exploring not only the use, but the necessary guidelines for that use."
He added that drones were used "in a very, very minimal way, and very seldom."
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The secretive U.S. intelligence court has allowed the National Security Agency to use data collected "inadvertently" from Americans' during surveillance of foreign targets, according to documents published Thursday by TheGuardian.
The London newspaper revealed two preciously secret documents signed by Attorney General Eric Holder and dated July 29, 2009, that were submitted to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court , which oversees surveillance of foreign targets.
The report, by Glenn Greenwald and James Ball, states that despite procedures to minimize unintentional collection of data without a warrant, "U.S. communications can still be collected, retained and used."
The London newspaper revealed two preciously secret documents signed by Attorney General Eric Holder and dated July 29, 2009, that were submitted to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court , which oversees surveillance of foreign targets.
The report, by Glenn Greenwald and James Ball, states that despite procedures to minimize unintentional collection of data without a warrant, "U.S. communications can still be collected, retained and used."
If you tweet a picture from your living room using your smartphone, you’re sharing far more than your new hairdo or the color of the wallpaper. You’re potentially revealing the exact coordinates of your house to anyone on the Internet.
The GPS location information embedded in a digital photo is an example of so-called metadata, a once-obscure technical term that’s become one of Washington’s hottest new buzzwords.
The word first sprang from the lips of pundits and politicians earlier this month, after reports disclosed that the government has been secretly accessing the telephone metadata of Verizon customers, as well as online videos, emails, photos and other data collected by nine Internet companies.
The GPS location information embedded in a digital photo is an example of so-called metadata, a once-obscure technical term that’s become one of Washington’s hottest new buzzwords.
The word first sprang from the lips of pundits and politicians earlier this month, after reports disclosed that the government has been secretly accessing the telephone metadata of Verizon customers, as well as online videos, emails, photos and other data collected by nine Internet companies.
“People don’t realize all the information that they’re giving out,” she said. “You can try to secure it – you can use some tech tools, you can try to be a black hole online – but if you try to live your life the way people are expecting it, it’s really difficult to control the amount of data that you’re leaking all over the place.”
A former senior official of the National Security Agency said the government’s massive collection of metadata allowed the agency to construct “maps” of an individual’s daily movements, social connections, travel habits and other personal information.
“This is blanket. There is no constraint. No probable cause. No reasonable suspicion,” said Thomas Drake, who worked unsuccessfully for years to report privacy violations and massive waste at the agency to his superiors and Congress.
Metadata “is more useful than (the) content” of a telephone call, email or Internet search, Drake said in an interview. “It gets you a map over time. I get to map movements, connections, communities of interest. It’s also a tracking mechanism.”
The NSA “can easily associate” a phone number with an identity, he added. “All location information comes from a (cellular) tower. There are tower records. They are doing this every single day. It’s basically a data tap on metadata, and I can build a profile (of an individual) instantly.”
The agency has programs that also can mine the metadata of emails and other electronic information, Drake said.
With advances in data storage, he continued, the NSA is able to maintain massive amounts of metadata for as long as it wants. “This stuff is trivial to store,” he said.
Drake added that U.S. telecommunications companies are prohibited from publicly disclosing arrangements with the NSA and are protected under the Patriot Act from lawsuits. “They literally have the protection of the U.S. government from any, any lawsuit. The United States is literally turning into a surveillance state,” he said. “This is the new normal.”
Read more here: Government could use metadata to map your every move | McClatchy
A former senior official of the National Security Agency said the government’s massive collection of metadata allowed the agency to construct “maps” of an individual’s daily movements, social connections, travel habits and other personal information.
“This is blanket. There is no constraint. No probable cause. No reasonable suspicion,” said Thomas Drake, who worked unsuccessfully for years to report privacy violations and massive waste at the agency to his superiors and Congress.
Metadata “is more useful than (the) content” of a telephone call, email or Internet search, Drake said in an interview. “It gets you a map over time. I get to map movements, connections, communities of interest. It’s also a tracking mechanism.”
The NSA “can easily associate” a phone number with an identity, he added. “All location information comes from a (cellular) tower. There are tower records. They are doing this every single day. It’s basically a data tap on metadata, and I can build a profile (of an individual) instantly.”
The agency has programs that also can mine the metadata of emails and other electronic information, Drake said.
With advances in data storage, he continued, the NSA is able to maintain massive amounts of metadata for as long as it wants. “This stuff is trivial to store,” he said.
Drake added that U.S. telecommunications companies are prohibited from publicly disclosing arrangements with the NSA and are protected under the Patriot Act from lawsuits. “They literally have the protection of the U.S. government from any, any lawsuit. The United States is literally turning into a surveillance state,” he said. “This is the new normal.”
Read more here: Government could use metadata to map your every move | McClatchy
Mr. Somebody
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They really are. I didnt notice that the microphone on my internal pc was turned on last night. Im watching a beyonce Crazy in Love video where Jay z comes out, lights her car on fire and bl0ws her up. I was like, Babe, Babe, he just bl3w u_p beyonce right there. All of a sudden the audio on the video started sounding like i was in the matrix like it became very slow, and then my internet connection died.
I looked at my recording properties and noticed both of our internet laptop mics were on. I turned my neck very slowly to look at my wife and said.
Its so demonic, friend.
I looked at my recording properties and noticed both of our internet laptop mics were on. I turned my neck very slowly to look at my wife and said.
Its so demonic, friend.
Nigerianwonder
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It just gets worse. Now they are saying this clown Snowden didn't even get a proper background check. Who knows how many thousands of other contractors have some type of access to all of the intimate details of your life. Where are all these NSA and govt defenders at now?
The National Security Agency has spent years demanding that companies turn over their data. Now, the spy agency finds the shoe is on the other foot. A defendant in a Florida murder trial says telephone records collected by the NSA as part of its surveillance programs hold evidence that would help prove his innocence, and his lawyer has demanded that prosecutors produce those records. On Wednesday, the federal government filed a motion saying it would refuse, citing national security.
Federal prosecutors have filed a sealed criminal complaint against Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who leaked a trove of documents about top-secret surveillance programs, and the United States has asked Hong Kong to detain him on a provisional arrest warrant, according to U.S. officials.
Snowden was charged with espionage, theft and conversion of government property, the officials said.
The complaint was filed in the Eastern District of Virginia, a jurisdiction where Snowdens former employer, Booz Allen Hamilton, is headquartered and a district with a long track record of prosecuting cases with national security implications.
Snowden was charged with espionage, theft and conversion of government property, the officials said.
The complaint was filed in the Eastern District of Virginia, a jurisdiction where Snowdens former employer, Booz Allen Hamilton, is headquartered and a district with a long track record of prosecuting cases with national security implications.
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1) This site seems to be getting some play, seen it twice today .... http://prism-break.org/
2) http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread954583/pg1
2) http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread954583/pg1
just beat me to it, this is straight up bullshyt, im going to be in full protest mode now. all you obama supporters, COME DEFEND THIS shyt! 
they're saying he could get life
they're saying he could get life