New Utah NSA Spy Center Needs 1.7 Million Gallons Of Water A Day:
Though it is kind of sad that prisons and spy centers are the country's new major infrastructure projects. One of the consequences of neoliberalism is that many people are employed to protect other people's ill-gotten gains Ref. Source 6
The NSA Admits It Analyzes More People's Data Than Previously Revealed:
As an aside during testimony on Capitol Hill today, a National Security Agency representative rather casually indicated that the government looks at data from a universe of far, far more people than previously indicated. Ref. Source 3
How CIA Black Ops Teams Are Hacking Into Computers Worldwide:
In a detailed account on Foreign Policy, the Central intelligence Agency, in concert with the National Security Agency, has been demonstrated to conduct what is referred to as "Black bag" Operations, or the manual hacking of a target's computer by uploading spyware onto anything ranging from personal laptops to large-scale servers. Ref. Source 8
The amendment by Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich, would have blocked the National Security Agency from collecting massive volumes of phone records on domestic calls. It would have required the government to show that any collection of data is related to a specific individual. The Obama administration had opposed the amendment. Ref. USAToday
NSA - XKeyscore a 'God-terminal' into Internet:
New information has revealed the extent to which the National Security Agency can spy on Internet users. The US agency has apparently developed software that allows detailed searches with just a few clicks of the mouse. Ref. Source 3
Greenwald claims up to 20,000 Snowden documents are in his possession:
Glenn Greenwald testified before a Brazilian Senate foreign relations committee on Tuesday. "I did not do an exact count, but he gave me 15,000, 20,000 documents. Very, very complete and very long," Greenwald told Brazilian lawmakers. Ref. Source 7
Obama Announces Steps To Advance Surveillance Debate
US Military News
President Barack Obama has announced steps that he said would move the public debate forward about classified government surveillance programs that gather data about the telephone records of Americans and others.
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