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Glenn Greenwald: Low-Level NSA Analysts Have ‘Powerful and Invasive’ Search Tool (ABC This Week) [View all] chimpymustgo Jul 2013 OP

important stuff. nashville_brook Jul 2013 #1

They do it during the 72 hours FISA allows NSA to acquire evidence for a warrant. leveymg Jul 2013 #2

damn -- thanks for the explanation! nashville_brook Jul 2013 #8

Thanks leveymg nenagh Jul 2013 #25

As I posted in the other thread... randome Jul 2013 #26

Has it occurred to you that the system is set up with some controls on private use of leveymg Jul 2013 #35

Any monitoring done with legal warrants will always be 'intrusive'. randome Jul 2013 #41

The pre-warrant profiling can be equally intrusive, if it involves real-time monitoring leveymg Jul 2013 #48

The 51% figure pertains to whether or not an individual is foreign or not. randome Jul 2013 #56

It's the same thing - 51% that the person can be targeted as foreign, with the leveymg Jul 2013 #64

leveymg questionseverything Jul 2013 #81

I think it's really a rhetorical point being raised because the debunkers have been debunked leveymg Jul 2013 #82

agree with this totally questionseverything Jul 2013 #83

I want to thank you and randome for an excellent jazzimov Jul 2013 #89

Where are the legal warrants for tens of millions of American citizens? sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #88

Thank You For Sharing Hard Information cantbeserious Jul 2013 #32

thank you leveymg for your scrupulous research, grasswire Jul 2013 #40

Have you emailed that to Greenwald? If not, you should. Luminous Animal Jul 2013 #42

Thanks! Great post! nt Mojorabbit Jul 2013 #71

Greewald is jerk...He thinks he is saving us... but the exact opposite is true Tippy Jul 2013 #3

Very informative comment. Thank you for your contribution. Not. leveymg Jul 2013 #4

Lots of people following ... nonsense n/t L0oniX Jul 2013 #20

Sarcasm or conjecture? think Jul 2013 #6

You really should listen and read and understand what he is trying to tell you about your government chimpymustgo Jul 2013 #7

I don't need glynn are comrad eddy to tell me anything stonecutter357 Jul 2013 #39

ESL or teabagese? frylock Jul 2013 #54

Thank you for the great op. I see the thread drew the denier gang Mojorabbit Jul 2013 #76

No, he's a big Meanie-poo fascisthunter Jul 2013 #16

Nonsense. n/t L0oniX Jul 2013 #19

hilarious. KG Jul 2013 #24

K&R stonecutter357 Jul 2013 #37

I wonder how much blackmail has been carried out by this. Arctic Dave Jul 2013 #5

perhaps this explains why wall street bankers haven't been charged with crimes nashville_brook Jul 2013 #9

Maybe because the NSA has 4 levels of approval needed before looking at the data. randome Jul 2013 #10

Sure, maybe the NSA does. Arctic Dave Jul 2013 #50

Neither do Snowden nor Greenwald's claims. randome Jul 2013 #60

The FBI has been hammered already for misusing their powers. Arctic Dave Jul 2013 #63

We are ALL in favor of that! randome Jul 2013 #67

The whole private contractor CIA NSA FBI entanglement is a can of worms think Jul 2013 #12

Given All The Government Lies - There Is Every Reason To Believe This True And No Reason Not To Believe cantbeserious Jul 2013 #11

In the hands of authoritarians and corporate profiteers: woo me with science Jul 2013 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author mother earth Jul 2013 #15

I would be shocked if this weren't true. limpyhobbler Jul 2013 #14

I defy Greenwald to prove it. nt AllINeedIsCoffee Jul 2013 #17

I defy our GOVERNMENT to tell us the TRUTH. Minimum standard democracy. nt chimpymustgo Jul 2013 #22

Why don't you send him an email. nt Mojorabbit Jul 2013 #72

Funny thing that Snowden wasn't able to get this type of access. randome Jul 2013 #18

What are you talking about, now? Snowden said he watched people composing their on-line coms leveymg Jul 2013 #28

When did he say that? I thought he said the NSA was capable of doing that. randome Jul 2013 #31

One of the slides references "real-time" surveillance, and the WaPo report on what Snowden said: leveymg Jul 2013 #46

All of this is still very vague on details. randome Jul 2013 #59

It's not vague to the Democrats in Congress who have been trying to warn us for sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #65

We are ALL on board with more transparency and less secrecy. randome Jul 2013 #66

We have the evidence, I know I have been spied on by Verizon on behalf of the government sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #70

Can you tell us about that experience? It may be more common than most think. leveymg Jul 2013 #74

We called last week to cancel our Verizon cell phone service. I told them why, the agent on sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #78

I'm under the impression that all the major carriers have identical agreements with NSA. leveymg Jul 2013 #80

Yes, I know that. We have had a Virgin Mobile cell phone, much better than Verizon sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #85

One can only address what's been publicly reported. I share your frustration, leveymg Jul 2013 #68

How do you know? morningfog Jul 2013 #51

Because he did not provide any. randome Jul 2013 #55

Our government has been corrupted by liars, cheats and evil douchbags Generic Other Jul 2013 #21

Without evidence, neither --which means Progressive dog Jul 2013 #23

OMG! The NSA has TOOLS! And they USE them! randome Jul 2013 #27

You still haven't responded to my message to you about the 72-hour window for NSA to gather evidence leveymg Jul 2013 #29

I think the loophole is there for a reason. randome Jul 2013 #34

Binney says there's an automated profiling system that red-flags calls for human leveymg Jul 2013 #38

I would bet that contractors cannot be analysts. And I hope that's the case. randome Jul 2013 #43

Officers and contractors all have the same TS/SCI clearances. They do the same work as analysts leveymg Jul 2013 #47

I don't know, I'm going to have see a link about that. randome Jul 2013 #53

There have been several articles that look at job descriptions for contractors that require PRISM leveymg Jul 2013 #58

PRISM is not used for domestic targets, only foreign ones. randome Jul 2013 #62

It's all part of the same set of interlinked databases. leveymg Jul 2013 #69

Thanks for adding more info. Why won't our govt TELL US how it is spying on us? chimpymustgo Jul 2013 #44

And cops have guns that could kill a whole lot of people...if they wanted to. JaneyVee Jul 2013 #30

We need new laws. This 'data mining' issue came up during the Bush years, there was sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #33

All this means NOTHING railsback Jul 2013 #36

really? wtf?? can you link me something? Whisp Jul 2013 #93

I don't need Glenn are comrad eddy to tell me anything. stonecutter357 Jul 2013 #45

You finally got the spelling correctly: "Glenn and not Glynn" as you had in KoKo Jul 2013 #57

78 IQ stonecutter357 Jul 2013 #84

Maybe Glenn could help you with some basic reading comprehension and spelling. chimpymustgo Jul 2013 #86

Greenwald is using language like a lawyer, later he can sleaze out of what he said flamingdem Jul 2013 #49

The thing about Greenwald is that he, personally, knows nothing MineralMan Jul 2013 #52

Snowden knows a lot more about the NSA and CIA than what was on those slides. leveymg Jul 2013 #73

Your comment about Snowden goes against all the information that has been posted about his access.nt Mojorabbit Jul 2013 #75

K & R !!! WillyT Jul 2013 #61

You cannot privatize national security malaise Jul 2013 #77

“Capitalism is the belief that the nastiest of men for the nastiest of motives" will pillage chimpymustgo Jul 2013 #79

Saxby Chambliss is vile. Enthusiast Jul 2013 #87

"I have been assured... stopped 2 or 3 years ago.. may have been some abuse... pure accidental" Catherina Jul 2013 #94

I feel so much better now. Enthusiast Jul 2013 #95

Video and excerpt of story about NSA employees sniggering over US soldiers pillow talk and sex chats Catherina Jul 2013 #90

Thanks for posting. Perhaps the dunderheads will wake up a realize the truth. chimpymustgo Jul 2013 #92

Greenwald's evidence for his latest claim is a 2008 report. ProSense Jul 2013 #91

I now trashcan any thread with Glenn Grenwald in it. PowerToThePeople Jul 2013 #96

Of course they do - collecting data is easy. Dash87 Jul 2013 #97

Congress needs to look into this GiaGiovanni Jul 2013 #98