Democratic Effort to Limit Surveillance Bill Is Blocked
No big surprise there. For every person who brings up "right to privacy," another idiot comes back with "9/11, war on terror, safety over privacy, Patriot Act!!!" The GOP will keep tooting the same horn until some sort of change happens (preferably within the Senate).
High-level Verizon exec. is ex-official who long-argued for more surveillance
Surprise, surprise:
One of the highest-level executives at Verizon Communications -- one of three major telecommunications firms originally alleged to be providing the National Security Agency with customer phone records under contract and without a warrant -- has strong, decades-long ties to Central Intelligence, Congress and the Department of Justice, RAW STORY has learned.
Additionally, the same official has acted in an advisory capacity to the government as a private citizen for over ten years since leaving office, arguing that restrictions to federal domestic surveillance capabilities be loosened, especially in cases involving terrorism.
And yet, Verizon still denies it helped the NSA. Is there any doubt now?
Raw acquires NSA wiretap talking points
The National Security Agency has taken the unusual move of sending members of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee a list of "approved talking points" regarding its warrantless eavesdropping program, RAW STORY has learned.
Some of the talking points urge Senators to imply that they have personal knowledge of plots foiled by the wiretap program, or that the Senators--seven of whom responded by writing the NSA a letter blasting the move--had other personal knowledge that the program was legal or necessary.
"I have personally met the dedicated men and women of the NSA," one point reads. "The country owes them an enormous debt of gratitude for their superb efforts to keep us all secure."
Wonderful. You can see a copy of the letter by following the above link. Prepare to be disgusted by the NSA.
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