Former judge Andrew Napolitano, now an analyst for Fox News, writes about the current controversy over domestic surveillance: After we learned that the feds are spying on nearly all Americans, that they possess our texts and emails and have access to our phone conversations, Gen. Keith Alexander, who runs the NSA, was asked under oath…
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NSA Chief on Email Collection: NSA Deleted Data, Wanted to Protect Privacy
Chris Good reports: NSA Director Gen. Keith Alexander addressed the new Guardian reports of mass U.S. email collection on Thursday, saying the NSA terminated the program because it was ineffective and wasn’t worth the risk to citizens’ privacy. The Guardian, to which Edward Snowden leaked details of a broad U.S. program to collect phone records…
EPIC FOIA Document Reveals CIA Collaboration in Domestic Surveillance
From EPIC.org: According to a Central Intelligence Agency Inspector General’s report obtained by EPIC under the Freedom of Information Act, the CIA collaborated with the New York Police Department in domestic surveillance efforts. The CIA is prohibited from participating in domestic surveillance, but the report finds that the agency had embedded four officers within the NYPD over…
NSA collected US email records in bulk for more than two years under Obama
Glenn Greenwald and Spencer Ackerman disclose more from files leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden: The Obama administration for more than two years permitted the National Security Agency to continue collecting vast amounts of records detailing the email and internet usage of Americans, according to secret documents obtained by the Guardian. The documents indicate that under the program, launched in…