ACLU: Government Spying on Every Single Electronic Communication You Have

[pokerfan]

Last edited Thu Aug 23, 2012, 06:06 PM - Edit history (1)

An amazing video posted on The New York Times website today lays out in chilling detail how the National Security Agency is sucking up every piece of communication data in America – from phone calls to emails to cell phone location – and has the ability to tie together all of the information for a single person (watch it here).

The system is explained by William Binney, a code breaker who resigned from the NSA in protest over the Bush administration’s warrantless wiretapping regime. He says that after 9/11, the methods he helped create for spying on foreign powers became pointed domestically – not toward people suspected of terrorism ties, but toward all Americans.

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Legislators have the opportunity to rein in the NSA by revising the law before it expires that the end of this year. The ACLU is calling for amendments that would limit surveillance to suspected terrorists and criminals, require the government to be more transparent about how the law is being used, and place stronger restrictions on the retention and dissemination of information that is collected. Tell your member of Congress to Fix FISA.

http://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/video-nsa-whistleblower-explains-how-us-government-spying-every-single

[HopeHoops]

1. Man, they must REALLY love cybersex!

[Fumesucker]

2. Meh.. I've been assuming that for thirty years..

[Zalatix]

3. Whatever happened to JAM ECHELON day?

[Qutzupalotl]

4. Chilling. n/t