"XKeyscore: NCA Tool Collects "Nearly Everything A User Does on the Internet."
"A top secret National Security Agency program allows analysts to search with no prior authorization through vast databases containing emails, online chats and the browsing histories of millions of individuals, according to documents provided by whistleblower Edward Snowden."
By Glen Greenwald, The Guardian, Wednesday July 21, 2013 8:56 EDT
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/31/nsa-top-secret-program-online-data#start-of-comments
TO PROTEST AND END THE SPYING ON US, TO PROTECT AND DEFEND OUR DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, CONSTITUTION, AND BILL OF RIGHTS, WE MUST KICKSTART OUR STALLED AND STAGNANT CONGRESS, AND IMPEACH OBAMA.
From The Pen:
"Dear Friends and Activists,
Many pundits were surprised that the first attempted vote in the
House of Representatives on responsible regulation of NSA
surveillance came very close to passing last week. Breaking news
stories in the last couple days suggest this movement continues to
gain momentum in Washington.
It is critical, and we are asking our participants, to all pile on
this issue now, and we can have real meaningful and positive change, a rarity nowadays.
Oversee The NSA Action Page:http://www.peaceteam.net/
Senator Dick Durbin spoke out strongly this week for making the FISA court an actual court, not just a formalized rubber stamp for any argument the government wants to makein secret. And more and more members of Congress continue to question and reconsider whether the NSA has gone too far in invading the privacy of law abiding American citizens.
We are calling on all members of Congress of conscience to redouble their initiative to impose meaningful oversight on the NSA.
The constitution of the United States expressly and literally forbids
search warrants not "particularly describing the place to be
searched, and the persons or things to be seized," and for good
reason. Such abuse, contrary to the 4th Amendment, inevitably leads to repressive tyranny, as our founders knew from their own personal and bitter experience.
Blanket warrants that amount to "anything whatsoever on any email or telecom provider anywhere" cannot possibly meet that constitutional requirement. And yet it is increasingly clear that even low level NSA technicians have been given the power to go out and grab anything they want any time they want.
We can be perfectly well protected from any actual terrorist threats
and still preserve our own liberty. If necessary, let's hire more
FISA judges and more FBI investigators to file proper warrants. Call it a jobs program.
Oversee The NSA Action Page:http://www.peaceteam.net/
Please submit the action page above to reiterate your support of
reasonable and necessary oversight of our currently out of control
totalitarian surveillance state.
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