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Obama will recommend a few cosmetic changes; mandate better security to prevent any future Snowdens; and punt the rest to Congress, knowing perfectly well they'll do nothing.

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2014/01/obama-plans-no-significant-changes-nsa-surveillance



US physically hacks 100,000 foreign computers

NSA spies have inserted circuitry into computers in China, Russia, EU, India, Saudi and Pakistan to gain intelligence.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2014/01/us-physically-hacks-100000-foreign-computers-20141154313871671.html



Snowden Releases Show NSA Infiltration in Computers of *Mexican Police and Cartels*

By Laura Carlsen

Mexico does not need an explanation from President Obama. It needs a president who defends the dignity and independence of Mexico.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37400.htm



America s Spies Want Edward Snowden Dead

By Benny Johnson

*I would love to put a bullet in his head,* one Pentagon official said.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37396.htm



We Need Real Protection From The NSA

Wake up, America. While we have been paying attention to other things, our intelligence agencies have been tearing holes into the Bill of Rights.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37397.htm



Sen. Leahy on NSA Spying: We Need to Stop Government from Controlling American People

Video

Sen. Leahy says the American people are at risk of being controlled by their government due to the expansive surveillance powers of the National Security Agency.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37409.htm



US withholding Fisa court orders on NSA bulk collection of Americans' data

The Justice Department is withholding documents related to the bulk collection of Americans' data from a transparency lawsuit launched by the American Civil Liberties Union.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/21/us-withholding-fisa-court-orders-nsa-bulk-collection



Cut Off the NSA s Juice

By Norman Solomon

Organizers have begun to push for action by state legislatures to impede the electric, water and other services that sustain the NSA s secretive outposts.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37489.htm



US looks at ways to prevent spying on its spying

The National Security Agency isquietly funding research to prevent phone company employees or eavesdroppers from seeing whom the U.S. is spying on, The Associated Press has learned

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/us-quietly-working-prevent-spying-its-spying



Forget Metadata...The NSA Is Spying On EVERYTHING

People are getting distracted from the big picture by focusing on metadata.

http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2014/01/forget-metadata-nsa-spying-everything.html



Beyond Orwell s Worst Nightmare

By Marjorie Cohn

The NSA spying program captures all of us, including European leaders, people in Mexico, Brazil, the United Nations, and the European Union Parliament, not just the terrorists.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37529.htm



Bias By Omission, In the Entire American Mainstream Media

By William Blum

There are more than 1,400 daily newspapers in the United States. Can you name a single paper, or a single TV network, that was unequivocally opposed to the American wars carried out against Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan, Yugoslavia, Panama, Grenada, and Vietnam?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37559.htm


From Information Clearing House

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NSA Vacuuming Up Millions of Text Messages Daily
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/01/16-10

Obama s NSA 'Reforms' Are Little More Than a PR Attempt to Mollify the Public
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/01/17-9

Effort to 'Normalize' NSA Spying, 'Mollify Public' Rebuked
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/01/17-8

Obama Lectures Those Outraged by NSA Surveillance Programs in Speech Announcing Reforms
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/01/17-10

Needed: Three Obama Speeches for the People
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/01/17-1

Pentagon and NSA Officials Say They Want Snowden Extrajudicially Assassinated
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/01/17-5

Obama Continues War on National Security Whistleblowers
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2014/01/17-2

NSA: Global 'Trendsetter' for Privacy Abuse
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/01/21-3

'End It': Govt Oversight Panel Calls NSA Spying Illegal
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/01/23-1

One Planet, One Internet: A Call To the International Community to Fight Against Mass Surveillance
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/01/23-6

Covert, Real-Time Spying on Youtube, Facebook, Blogs
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/01/27-6

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NSA Metadata Collection: Fourth Amendment Violation

Marjorie Cohn, Jurist: In response to lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the NSA s surveillance programs, two federal judges issued dueling opinions about whether it violates the Fourth Amendment's prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/21276-nsa-metadata-collection-fourth-amendment-violation



Washington State Bill Proposes Criminalizing Help to NSA, Turning Off Resources to Yakima Facility

Michael Boldin, Truthout: The campaign to turn off power to the NSA has gotten a big boost. Washington has become the first state with a physical NSA location to consider a Fourth Amendment protection act designed to make life extremely difficult for the massive spy agency. Marjorie Cohn analyzes the decisions.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/21253-washington-state-bill-proposes-criminalizing-help-to-nsa-turning-off-resources-to-yakima-facility



What Obama Really Meant Was...

Chris Hedges, Truthdig: Chris Hedges details the recent remarks that President Obama would have given on his review of signals intelligence and reforms to the NSA s surveillance programs if only he had told the truth.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/21335-chris-hedges-what-obama-really-meant-was



Four Questionable Claims Obama Has Made on NSA Surveillance

Kara Brandeisky, ProPublica: Since the first disclosures based on documents provided by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, Barack Obama has offered his own defenses of the programs. But not all of the president s claims have stood up to scrutiny.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/21350-four-questionable-claims-obama-has-made-on-nsa-surveillance



Five Criticisms of Obama s NSA Speech

Kevin Mathews, Care2: In the face of ongoing criticism of the NSA spy program, President Barack Obama delivered a long-awaited speech addressing reforms to the NSA. If the speech was designed to quell fears, it hasn't entirely worked.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/21352-five-criticisms-of-obamas-nsa-speech



Some States Have a Sneaky Plan To Stop the NSA

Kevin Mathews, Care2: A handful of states across the country are devising plans to thwart the NSA, including laws stopping NSA facilities' water and electricity access. So far, six states have introduced bills that would impede NSA operations within their boundaries.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/21397-some-states-have-a-sneaky-plan-to-stop-the-nsa



Obama s NSA Speech Makes Orwellian Surveillance Patriotic

Michael Ratner, Truthout: President Obama s assertion that our nation was formed as a result of a heroic history of surveillance is a misleading scare tactic clearly aimed at making Americans comfortable with the far-reaching government spying he seeks to protect.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/21461-obamas-nsa-speech-makes-orwellian-surveillance-patriotic



Intelligence Officials Make Direct Threats on Snowden s Life

Jessica Desvarieux, The Real News Network: NSA whistleblower Kirk Wiebe and former CIA analyst Ray McGovern point to the brashness of intelligence officials who went on the record to threaten Snowden s life, reflecting a culture of disregard for the Constitution and due process.

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/21472-intelligence-officials-make-direct-threats-on-snowdens-life



The Surveillance Blitz

John Feffer, Foreign Policy in Focus: Our privacy is getting hit from two sides, from corporations as well as the government.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/21604-the-surveillance-blitz



Vermont Becomes 12th State With Legislation Targeting NSA Spying

Michael Boldin, Truthout: On January 28, Vermont state representatives introduced legislation that would block some of the practical effects of mass data collection by the National Security Agency.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/21641-vermont-becomes-12th-state-with-legislation-targeting-nsa-spying

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On Obama s disappointingly tame NSA reforms
http://ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/11803/

US media black out major Snowden interview exposing death threats
http://ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/11819/

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Cosmetic Changes Aren t Enough: We Need to End Dragnet NSA Surveillance
http://tinyurl.com/pgpf62j

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Former Top NSA Official: *We Are Now In A Police State*
http://www.lewrockwell.com/2014/01/no_author/welcome-to-the-full-blown-police-state/

Obama s NSA Speech: What Reform?
http://www.lewrockwell.com/2014/01/daniel-mcadams/surveillance-equals-freedom/

Will You Choose Dangerous Freedom or Peaceful Slavery?
http://www.lewrockwell.com/2014/01/john-w-whitehead/freedom-or-slavery/

Presidential Placebo
http://www.lewrockwell.com/2014/01/andrew-p-napolitano/el-supremo-and-his-wall-of-flags/

Do We Live in a Police State?
http://www.lewrockwell.com/2014/01/no_author/do-we-live-in-a-police-state/

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The history of US spying on innocent people
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/the-surveillance-state/the-history-of-us-spyingon-innocent-people.html

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The NSA Mass Surveillance EMERGENCY

Stop NSA Mass Surveillance
http://www.peoplelobby.org/?i=pnum1152

Stop NSA Mass Surveillance Action Page
http://www.peaceteam.net/action/pnum1152.php



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