Thanks to Snowden, we now know the NSA: 1. Had James Clapper lie - TopicsExpress



          

Thanks to Snowden, we now know the NSA: 1. Had James Clapper lie under oath to us - on camera - to Congress to hide the domestic spying programs Occurred in March, revealed in June. Warrantlessly accesses records of every phone call that routes through the US thousands of times a day JuneSeptember 2. Steals your private data from every major web company (Facebook, Google, Apple, Microsoft, et al) via PRISMJune and pays them millions for it August 3. Pays major US telecommunications providers (AT&T, Verizon, et al) between $278,000,000-$394,000,000 annually to provide secret access to all US fiber and cellular networks (in violation of the 4th amendment). 4. Intentionally weakened the encryption standards we rely on, put backdoors into critical software, and break the crypto on our private communications September 5. NSA employees use these powers to spy on their US citizen lovers via LOVEINT, and only get caught if they self-confess. Though this is a felony, none were ever been charged with a crime. 6. Lied to us again just ten days ago, claiming they never perform economic espionage (whoops!) before a new leak revealed that they do all the time. 7. Made over fifteen thousand false certifications to the secret FISA court, leading a judge to rule they "frequently and systemically violated" court orders in a manner "directly contrary to the sworn attestations of several executive branch officials," that 90% of their searches were unlawful, and that they "repeatedly misled the court." September 8. Has programs that collect data on US Supreme Court Justices and elected officials, and they secretly provide it to Israel regulated only by an honor system. September
Posted on: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 05:22:26 +0000

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