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http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/your-government-spies-you-and-lies-about-it-now-whatNow that Americans know the federal government domestically spies and lies about itthanks to a litany of misstatements by top officials that have been debunked following disclosures by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowdenvery big questions emerge about what kind of country we are going to be.
Americans keep hearing more news reports about the national security states growing reach. Reuters just broke the story of more police efforts to use data collected in the NSAs domestic digital dragnet for FBI drug investigations. Meanwhile, the New York Times reports that other federal agencies are clamoring for the NSAs data and are engaged in turf battles over it.
The parade of domestic spying stories has been met with a stream of official denials, which have been unmasked by the media as lies. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers said that the NSA didnt read Americans' emails, but Snowdens disclosure of the XKeyscore programincluding the user manual showing that functionalitydisproved that.
ProPublica.org put together this video montage debunking six more domestic spying lies: Is the NSA spying on Americans? (The NSA said no.) Does it only collect data from bad guys? (The NSA said mostly). Does the NSA keep data on citizens? (The NSA said no.) Is NSA data collection any different from a local grand jury? (The Senate Intelligence Committee chairwoman said no.) Is the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court transparent? (Obama said yes.) And what other lies did the NSA present to Congress in fact sheets prepared for oversight committees? (It wont say.)
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Your Government Spies on You and Lies About It: Now What? (Original Post)
xchrom
Aug 2013
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Well, some can assume that this guy didn't know, that his aides didn't tell him.
AnotherMcIntosh
Aug 2013
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Autumn Colors
(2,379 posts)1. Although I really like a lot of the content on AlterNet
They really have the worst editors in the world. There are usually typos throughout their articles and in this one, they've got a word misspelled in the graphic (warrant, not warrent).
AnotherMcIntosh
(11,064 posts)2. Well, some can assume that this guy didn't know, that his aides didn't tell him.
Otherwise it doesn't make sense.
blackspade
(10,056 posts)3. It's like playing whack a mole.
As soon as one lie gets hammered another one pops up.
I am so disappointed with this administration.
Not as out of control as the last, but heading there fast.....