Tune your tin hat - ACLU document on NSA.

by Colman Fri Feb 3rd, 2006 at 06:28:56 AM EST

Good overview of what they are up to.

The NSA is not only the world's largest spy agency (far larger than the CIA, for example), but it possesses the most advanced technology for intercepting communications. We know it has long had the ability to focus powerful surveillance capabilities on particular individuals or communications. But the current scandal has indicated two new and significant elements of the agency's eavesdropping:
The NSA has gained direct access to the telecommunications infrastructure through some of America's largest companies

The agency appears to be not only targeting individuals, but also using broad "data mining" systems that allow them to intercept and evaluate the communications of millions of people within the United States.

The Parliament report is here.

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Tin hat nothing, this is real...and fucked up...very chilling.

"Once in awhile we get shown the light, in the strangest of places, if we look at it right" - Hunter/Garcia

by whataboutbob on Fri Feb 3rd, 2006 at 06:45:42 AM EST

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Well, only if you're in the US. The rest of us expect the NSA to be listening to everything we say or write.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 3rd, 2006 at 07:06:26 AM EST
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Well sure, what rights do you think you have. You aren't even citizens, let alone republicans.

What an embarassment.

"I said, 'Wait a minute, Chester, You know I'm a peaceful man...'" Robbie Robertson

by NearlyNormal on Fri Feb 3rd, 2006 at 05:02:06 PM EST
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