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Worth Reading: Trevor Pott's editorial on NSA PRISM and its real ramifications
wraith808:
Nevermind :)
wraith808:
3 NSA veterans speak out on whistle-blower: We told you so
Apparently these three paved the way for Snowden- trying to leak the exact same information, but failed.
For years, the three whistle-blowers had told anyone who would listen that the NSA collects huge swaths of communications data from U.S. citizens. They had spent decades in the top ranks of the agency, designing and managing the very data-collection systems they say have been turned against Americans. When they became convinced that fundamental constitutional rights were being violated, they complained first to their superiors, then to federal investigators, congressional oversight committees and, finally, to the news media.
To the intelligence community, the trio are villains who compromised what the government classifies as some of its most secret, crucial and successful initiatives. They have been investigated as criminals and forced to give up careers, reputations and friendships built over a lifetime.
Today, they feel vindicated.
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Excellent article- and it explains a lot of what his thinking was, and why he went public immediately rather than trying to handle this internally.
mouser:
Thanks for sharing that article wraith, that's a great find.
TaoPhoenix:
I'm actually a bit amazed/amused at the lack of unity in the dismissal spin stories.
Agencies deny it, companies deny it, then they admit it, but "only a little bit", etc.
Newspapers edit their own stories in the archives, etc.
Meanwhile here on another angle the Washington Post says that driver's ID's are in a searchable database at the local level.
So wait a min ... the big dogs "only look at 300 numbers", but the locals search millions of licenses?!
(Slashdot's version)
Officials Say NSA Probed Fewer Than 300 Numbers - Broke Plots In 20 Nations
http://news.slashdot.org/story/13/06/17/1139246/officials-say-nsa-probed-fewer-than-300-numbers---broke-plots-in-20-nations
CWuestefeld:
A good Q&A with Snowden
Edward Snowden Q and A: NSA whistleblower answers your questions
The whistleblower behind the biggest intelligence leak in NSA history answered your questions about the NSA surveillance revelations
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/17/edward-snowden-nsa-files-whistleblower
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