NSA Data Mining Much Larger Than Reported 863
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from the sans-surprise dept.
from the sans-surprise dept.
silassewell writes to tell us The New York Times is reporting that the "volume of information harvested from telecommunication data and voice networks, without court-approved warrants, is much larger than the White House has acknowledged." The NSA gained the cooperation of many American telecommunication companies after 9/11 to access streams of communication, both domestic and international, as a part of a presidentially approved program to hunt for evidence of terrorist activity.
Sad but true (Score:5, Funny)
We knew it from the begining (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I'll scratch your back... (Score:3, Funny)
Maybe the Patriot Act, the very same law that makes it a crime for the phone company to tell anyone about it when it happens.
Friends and Family (Score:5, Funny)
"If they get content, that's useful to them too, but the real plum is going to be the transaction data and the traffic analysis," he said. "Massive amounts of traffic analysis information - who is calling whom, who is in Osama Bin Laden's circle of family and friends - is used to identify lines of communication that are then given closer scrutiny."
This is just the sort of sensitive information that the Whitehouse did not want leaked. Now Osama is going to change his long distance calling plan.
Modern USA (Score:5, Funny)
Torture, lying, spying on citizens, the list of crimes Bush is responsible for goes on and on. Would someone give this guy a blowjob already so we can impeach him?
Re:Who cares what the (out-of-touch) NYT thinks? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:How to cope? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Soviet phone listening to you? (Score:4, Funny)
Sure he does it's where you sleep with your secetary.
the money is on its way (Score:3, Funny)
I for one... (Score:5, Funny)
No, screw that... where's my gun! Time to overthrow the gov... hey, who are you? Get out of my house! Let go of me... I haven't even posted this yet...