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Friday, 18 May 2007 |
The National Security Agency (NSA) is responsible for America's data security. They are the lead organization for hacking, cracking and encryption. Technically it would be illegal for them to spy on their own citizens. Read from several major news sources about why personal privacy in America might be taken for granted.
MSNBC - Privacy under attack, but does anybody care? Surveillance and phone taps are now in many places of the world.
USA Today - NSA has massive database of Americans' phone calls The National Security Agency has bullied several phone companies into giving up "aggregate data" about their phone customers. The info they store includes who calls who and at what times. All of this information is stored on computer as part of America's anti-terrorism efforts.
USA Today - Questions and answers about the NSA phone record collection program Questions and answers from an anonymous source regarding the government's reasoning as well as their legal limitations. In the past a warrant was required to obtain call records, now they can access this info without one. The President has claimed the authority to give orders for warrantless wiretaps.
Security Focus - FCC declines to investigate the NSA The Federal Communications Comission, in charge of regulating telco companies, will not conduct any investigations. Their chairman claims the organization does not have enough power to obtain classified documents.
Washington Post - Gonzales Hospital Episode Detailed Here is an article related to domestic spying. A meeting took place among top Government officials in the hospital room where John Ashcroft lay ill. From the article: "White House Counsel Alberto R. Gonzales and President Bush's chief of staff, Andrew H. Card Jr., were on their way to the hospital to persuade Ashcroft to reauthorize Bush's domestic surveillance program, which the Justice Department had just determined was illegal."
MSNBC - Bush's Monica Problem: The Gonzales Mess More details unravel about the Justice Department and the hospital meeting. Nearly 30 DOJ employees threaten to quit.
wired.com - Which ISPs Are Spying on You? (Semi-related) To top it all off, your friendly neighborhood Internet service provider might be spying on you.
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