There will be some information that might come forward and some traction with disclosure to the extent the court needs to make decisions, but, it won't do anything to end the government program. We've been there before.
This is political hubris by the ACLU. I hope Mr. Snowdone is well. He did the right thing. He exposed the corrupt practice of Wall Street purchase of national security access. He may or may not have intended for that to be exposed, but, it is the most valuable aspect of his exposure of the NSA. I sincerely hope he is okay. He did it out of service to others and without importance of self. I wish him well. He exposure of the NSA is primarily benign.
by Shaun Nichols
This is political hubris by the ACLU. I hope Mr. Snowdone is well. He did the right thing. He exposed the corrupt practice of Wall Street purchase of national security access. He may or may not have intended for that to be exposed, but, it is the most valuable aspect of his exposure of the NSA. I sincerely hope he is okay. He did it out of service to others and without importance of self. I wish him well. He exposure of the NSA is primarily benign.
by Shaun Nichols
11 Jun 2013
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) (click here) has filed suit over the controversial National Security Agency (NSA) domestic surveillance programme.
The group said that it had filed complaint over the agency's policies on monitoring phone calls and the collection of customer data from US carrier Verizon. According to the ACLU, the phone surveillance violates the civil rights of customers.
In particular, the ACLU cited a part of the Patriot Act, Section 215, which it believes allows for warrantless and illegal collection of phone records.
The ACLU argues that as a customer of Verizon Business Network Services (VBNS) it has had its own company data jeopardized by the NSA collection of records....
What?
Google, Microsoft, Facebook and others don't already have government transparency? Joking. It would seem they aren't going about this the right way, they needed to compete for Petreaus when he was up for grabs. Ah, but, alas. Private equity was the highest bidder.
Reuters – 5 hrs ago
What?
Google, Microsoft, Facebook and others don't already have government transparency? Joking. It would seem they aren't going about this the right way, they needed to compete for Petreaus when he was up for grabs. Ah, but, alas. Private equity was the highest bidder.
Reuters – 5 hrs ago
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday (click here) urged the U.S. government for greater transparency on requests for data from security agencies.
It follows a demand from Google, Inc earlier on Tuesday for permission to publish the total number of government requests for national security information.
"Permitting greater transparency on the aggregate volume and scope of national security requests, including FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) orders, would help the community understand and debate these important issues," Microsoft said in an emailed statement.
"Our recent report went as far as we legally could and the government should take action to allow companies to provide additional transparency".
Both Microsoft and Google, along with other Internet companies, have come under scrutiny following disclosures in The Guardian and Washington Post newspapers of their roles in a National Security Agency data collection program named Prism.
Let me see if I get this right. Mr. Snowden exposed the NSA for collecting data from the telecommunications industry. Right? That is correct. The reason Mr. Snowden did that was to let Americans know what was going on with their personal information. The 'idea' was to have Americans demand greater privacy.
So.
Why would all these telecommunication giants look for more transparency from the USA government? To begin, they already have the data they released without asking their customers EXCEPT in those "I agree"ments everyone clicks on because they don't have any other choice.
I suppose Bill Gates, the man that stole technology from others to start his own business (Talk about leaking. Sorry, corporate espionage.), wants the government to tell the 'here is all the information you want' industry what they are doing with the information. Joking.
Gee, I suppose they might be worried about the lawsuits already filed today, huh? Wouldn't it be interesting to find out there is a detainee unknown to anyone at Gitmo with information obtained when Microsoft rolled over. Man you talk about liability.
At any rate, now that nearly the entire of the telecommunication industry has indulged their clients greatest fears by releasing information to the government, they want more transparency to know what every other company disclosed. I think that is a greater invasion of privacy than originally committed by the USA government in their to be known lawful programs.
More government transparency for a telecommunications industry with absolutely no morals? NO!
Let me see if I get this right. Mr. Snowden exposed the NSA for collecting data from the telecommunications industry. Right? That is correct. The reason Mr. Snowden did that was to let Americans know what was going on with their personal information. The 'idea' was to have Americans demand greater privacy.
So.
Why would all these telecommunication giants look for more transparency from the USA government? To begin, they already have the data they released without asking their customers EXCEPT in those "I agree"ments everyone clicks on because they don't have any other choice.
I suppose Bill Gates, the man that stole technology from others to start his own business (Talk about leaking. Sorry, corporate espionage.), wants the government to tell the 'here is all the information you want' industry what they are doing with the information. Joking.
Gee, I suppose they might be worried about the lawsuits already filed today, huh? Wouldn't it be interesting to find out there is a detainee unknown to anyone at Gitmo with information obtained when Microsoft rolled over. Man you talk about liability.
At any rate, now that nearly the entire of the telecommunication industry has indulged their clients greatest fears by releasing information to the government, they want more transparency to know what every other company disclosed. I think that is a greater invasion of privacy than originally committed by the USA government in their to be known lawful programs.
More government transparency for a telecommunications industry with absolutely no morals? NO!
