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We report here the latest disclosure by Glenn Greenwald, published in The Guardian, about a whole system of citizens surveillance made by US (NSA) administration. Here are excerpts of Guardian articles with their links: NSA collecting phone records of millions of Verizon customers daily June 6, 2013. The National Security Agency is currently collecting the telephone records of millions of US customers of Verizon, one of America’s largest...
F.B.I. agents on a hunt for leakers have interviewed current and former high-level government officials from multiple agencies in recent weeks, casting a distinct chill over press coverage of national security issues as agencies decline routine interview requests and refuse to provide background briefings. The criminal investigation, which has reached into the White House, the Pentagon, the National Security Agency and the C.I.A., appears to be the most sweeping inquiry...
National Security Agency whistleblower William Binney reveals he believes domestic surveillance has become more expansive under President Obama than President George W. Bush. He estimates the NSA has assembled 20 trillion “transactions” — phone calls, emails and other forms of data — from Americans. This likely includes copies of almost all of the emails sent and received from most people living in the United States. Binney talks about Section 215...
On Saturday the 10th of March 2012, Matthew Miller, the ex-Director of the Office of Public Affairs for the Justice Department and Attorney General Holder’s former spokesperson, posted an article on the Daily Beast asserting that the Obama Administration is right to go after ‘leakers’ who are not whistleblowers. The difference between a leaker and a whistle-blower is important. Leaks of classified information can endanger American soldiers and intelligence officers...
In a January interview with Michael Hastings of Rolling Stone, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange expressed concern that the First Amendment, as we know it, is under attack. “The U.S. government is trying to redefine what have been long-accepted journalistic methods,” he said, relaying to Hastings how he has been told that the Justice Department (DOJ) is preparing a case against him. “If the Pentagon is to have its way; it...
Thomas Drake, the whistle-blower whom the Obama administration tried and failed to prosecute for leaking information about waste, fraud and abuse at the National Security Agency, now works at an Apple store in Maryland. In an interview with Salon, Drake laughed about the time he confronted Attorney General Eric Holder at his store while Holder perused the gadgetry on display with his security detail around him. When Drake started asking...
