From Pajamas Media
In its final days, the Obama administration has expanded the power of the National Security Agency to share globally intercepted personal communications with the government’s 16 other intelligence agencies before applying privacy protections.
The new rules significantly relax longstanding limits on what the N.S.A. may do with the information gathered by its most powerful surveillance operations, which are largely unregulated by American wiretapping laws. These include collecting satellite transmissions, phone calls and emails that cross network switches abroad, and messages between people abroad that cross domestic network switches.
The change means that far more officials will be searching through raw data. Essentially, the government is reducing the risk that the N.S.A. will fail to recognize that a piece of information would be valuable to another agency, but increasing the risk that officials will see private information about innocent people.
If any of the national security agencies in this country have bona fide intelligence on terrorist threats in this country, and believe me there are plenty, then by all means, I want them to use every resource they have to get so far up their ass, they’ll feel like they’re getting a colonoscopy.
There needs to be strict, common sense oversight based on verified indications and warnings. The problem is, any power created for clandestine use can be abused.
The erosion of America’s civil and personal liberties has taken on evil proportions. Obama’s abuse of power in particular, was unprecedented.
Related posts:
https://sfcmac.wordpress.com/2014/01/17/when-you-text-make-sure-to-say-hello-to-the-nsa/
https://sfcmac.wordpress.com/2013/06/08/nsa-mistakenly-intercepted-private-email-and-phone-calls-of-innocent-americans/
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Im Deutschem Reich auch, so BRD GmbH – DEUTSCHLAND, eine Dödel-Gemeinschaft unter SPD, CDU, GRÜNE und Verrat! Bei Österreich vergessen einige, was das Deutschem Reich ist und dem Juncker geht auch Einiges ab! Siehe Deutsches Reich immer noch beschlagnahmt und doch existent im Recht und Landbesitz! Wer das raubt, dem kleben die Hände am Diebesgut fest! Ersitzen ist Strafhandlung und Unrecht verjährt nicht im Landesverrat und auch nicht bei Mord und Totschlag! Siehe selber UNO-Resolutionen und HLKO und internationales Staatsrecht! Glück, Auf, meine Heimat! Ach ja, 2017 sind 100 Jahre Kriegsende von Erstem Weltkrieg, Deutsche zahlen immer noch Steuern für das Deutschem Reiche!
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