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“We’ve taken significant steps down the road towards a surveillance state."
20 August 2014
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“We’ve taken significant steps down the road towards a surveillance state."
20 August 2014
One of the NSA's Most Powerful Mass Surveillance Tools
One of the NSA’s Most Powerful Mass Surveillance Tools
There are several key documents about Executive Order 12333 that were obtained from the government in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit that the ACLU filed (along with the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinicat Yale Law School) just before the first revelations of Edward Snowden. The documents are from the National Security Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, and…
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New Post has been published on FSRN
New Post has been published on http://fsrn.org/2015/06/usa-freedom-act-replaces-patriot-act-provisions-but-leaves-broad-surveillance-measures-in-place/
USA Freedom Act replaces Patriot Act provisions, but leaves broad surveillance measures in place
Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act – which allowed NSA surveillance programs, including the bulk collection of Americans’ phone records – expired on Monday, June 1st. Weeks before, the U.S. House passed a watered-down down measure to replace it called the USA Freedom Act. After much wrangling, the Senate finally approved the so-called reform measure Tuesday and before the day was out President Barack Obama signed the measure into law. FSRN’s Nell Abram talks with a 36-year veteran of the NSA about what changes the new law makes — or doesn’t make — to the state of surveillance in the U.S.
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While the USA Freedom Act does make some changes to the NSA’s power to collect and retain telephone metadata, it does nothing to change other orders and laws that permit even broader surveillance measures. Kurt Weibe is a retired National Security Agency whistleblower who worked at the agency for more than 30 years.
Mr. Weibe, let’s start with the USA Freedom Act and Section 215. What are the functional differences between the two and will the domestic surveillance of US citizens telephone activity be curtailed under the new law?
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New Post has been published on http://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/technology/whats-in-a-word/
What's In A Word?
I came across another example of the way our government parses words to obscure rather than clarify meaning. In the past, readers may recall I had an exchange with a former staff member for Under Secretary of Defense, Paul Wolfowitz, who served in the George W. Bush administration. Being d...
PEN AMERICA: “THE HARM CAUSED BY SURVEILLANCE…IS UNMISTAKABLE”
Many feel US credibility “has been significantly damaged for the long term” by NSA spying
PEN America published a report this week summarizing the findings from a recent survey of 772 writers around the world on questions of surveillance and self-censorship. The report, entitled “Global Chilling: The Impact of Mass Surveillance on International Writers,” builds upon a late 2013 survey of more…
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PEN AMERICA: “THE HARM CAUSED BY SURVEILLANCE…IS UNMISTAKABLE”
Many feel US credibility “has been significantly damaged for the long term” by NSA spying
PEN America published a report this week summarizing the findings from a recent survey of 772 writers around the world on questions of surveillance and self-censorship. The report, entitled “Global Chilling: The Impact of Mass Surveillance on International Writers,” builds upon a late 2013 survey of more…
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