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NSA now looking through Twitter — for recruits
The National Security Agency (NSA) is looking for a few good cybersnoops. This week’s furor over top-secret collection of phone records and online data isn’t deterring the US government’s electronic intelligence-gathering service from placing help-wanted posts on its @NSACareers Twitter feed. Experts in computer security, malware or cryptography can apply…
Obama: ‘Nobody is listening to your phone calls’
President Barack Obama gave a speech to a throng of reporters on Friday in an attempt to tamp down worry over recent revelations of comprehensive spying by the National Security Agency. Critics of the program call the surveillance a gross invasion of privacy and a violation of civil liberties. The…
Colbert on NSA spying: Now we can find out if Lindsay Graham is a lesbian
Thursday night on “The Colbert Report,” host Stephen Colbert delved into revelations that the National Security Agency has been routinely spying on everyday Americans, conducting wholesale data-mining operations by prying into the private communications of users of Apple iChat, Facebook, Verizon phones and other means of communication. The Fox News…
Reports on surveillance of Americans fuel debate over privacy, security
By Mark Hosenball and John Whitesides WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The debate over whether the government is violating citizens’ privacy rights while trying to protect them from terrorism escalated dramatically on Thursday amid reports that authorities have collected data on millions of phone users and tapped into servers at nine internet…
Gohmert: Freedom of the press is ‘granted in the Second Amendment’
During a Thursday rant about news that the National Security Agency (NSA) had been collecting phone records from millions of Americans, Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-TX) seemed to be a little confused when he proclaimed that freedom of the press is “granted in the Second Amendment.” Gohmert noted that NSA…
‘Fox & Friends’ suddenly against wiretapping they supported under Bush
Thursday morning on the Fox News Channel’s morning show “Fox and Friends,” the three hosts responded with alarm to news that the National Security Agency has been collecting the phone records of millions of cell phone customers wholesale and with no regard to accusations of wrongdoing. The trio were clearly…
Obama plan would give spymasters access to Americans’ bank accounts
The Obama administration is planning a proposal to open up the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network Center (FinCEN) to spies at the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency, Reuters reported Wednesday. The move would ensure that counter-terrorism and anti-money laundering efforts conducted by the nation’s spy agencies…
Secret NSA cybersecurity program to protect power grid confirmed
Newly released documents confirm that the National Security Agency (NSA), America’s top cyberespionage organization, is spearheading a cloaked and controversial program to develop technology that could protect the US power grid from cyberattack. Existence of the program, dubbed Perfect Citizen, was… …
NSA whistleblower: Illegal data collection a ‘violation of everybody’s Constitutional rights’
Former National Security Agency official Bill Binney says US is illegally collecting huge amounts of data on his fellow citizens Bill Binney believes he helped create a monster. Sitting in the innocuous surroundings of an Olive Garden in the Baltimore suburbs, the former senior National Security Agency (NSA) official even…
Officials: US and Israel created Flame cyber weapon
A U.S. and Israeli collaboration created the vastly complex cyber weapon Flame, designed to slow Iran’s nuclear program, officials familiar with the mission have told The Washington Post. Development of the Flame virus was overseen by the National Security Agency, the Central Intelligence Agency and Israel’s military, the report noted.…
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