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In reply to the discussion: Newly Released NSA Slides Explain the PRISM Data-Collection Program [View all]GeorgeGist
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Newly Released NSA Slides Explain the PRISM Data-Collection Program [View all]
Hissyspit
Jun 2013
OP
NOTE SLIDE 2: Voice recognition and Internet are part of PRISM - it isn't just metadata!
leveymg
Jun 2013
#2
NOTE SLIDE 7: EMAIL and CHAT are included in PRISM database. Distinction between SURVEILLANCE and
leveymg
Jun 2013
#10
Obama did not say that with regard to foreign targets, which is what PRISM targets.
pnwmom
Jun 2013
#15
Yes, he did. You're making a false distinction. Both parts go through a single NSA database, and
leveymg
Jun 2013
#25
Congratulations, you've just proved that the President said there's no content in the database.
pnwmom
Jun 2013
#27
Slide 3 shows there is A-J "types of Content" in the database, including email, VoIP, and the
leveymg
Jun 2013
#42
NOTE B SLIDE 3: NSA intercepts email, on-line chats in real-time, CONTENT TYPES C,D
leveymg
Jun 2013
#53
You're confusing two separate issues. Internal US surveillance involves the use of
pnwmom
Jun 2013
#14
No. They are part of the same NSA database. This proves that fact. See comments below.
leveymg
Jun 2013
#22
The metadata focus is the shiny object. The issues are email and profiling - the system profiles
leveymg
Jun 2013
#40
Exactly - and it's critical to note that interception or even intending to intercept is a crime.
wtmusic
Jun 2013
#41
Unless you're AT&T, in which case, all is forgiven, per Jewel. Carry on, citizen.
leveymg
Jun 2013
#45
They are just two facets of the same NSA program. Look at Slide 1 - US voice content (STORED COMMS)
leveymg
Jul 2013
#61
What this tells us: Obama was lying to us when he said "there's no content" in the NSA's PRISM
leveymg
Jun 2013
#12
The only thing it tells us is that you didn't bother to read the first sentence of the article:
pnwmom
Jun 2013
#16
This new information shows they are two parts of the same NSA database. See my comment below.
leveymg
Jun 2013
#18
Obviously, you have no basis to continue asserting that falsehood, or else you would tell us
leveymg
Jun 2013
#23
I can't prove a negative. But you can prove a positive. Where DOES it say that in the OP?
pnwmom
Jun 2013
#24
Those 117K are just those who are targeted - not how many are being looked at "2 hops out"
leveymg
Jun 2013
#44
All US telco traffic is intercepted by NSA. The FISA Court order released earlier shows that.
leveymg
Jun 2013
#17
That argument is over how NSA gets the data from the 9 companies. It's extraneous to the
leveymg
Jun 2013
#21
In other words, everyone from Obama on down is lying to us or is making stuff up if they don't know
PSPS
Jun 2013
#47
14. MY (fake) security beats your right to privacy, you libertarian-naderite commie-teabagger.
idwiyo
Jun 2013
#59
I love how the corporate contractors call spying on people just a product line.
fasttense
Jun 2013
#49