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Leaked documents reveal the NSA s dark side and show an agency intent on exploiting the digital revolution to the full.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/02/nsa-portrait-total-surveillance



No Morsel Too Minuscule for All-Consuming N.S.A.

From thousands of classified documents, the National Security Agency emerges as an electronic omnivore of staggering capabilities, eavesdropping and hacking its way around the world to strip governments and other targets of their secrets, all the while enforcing the utmost secrecy about its own operations.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/03/world/no-morsel-too-minuscule-for-all-consuming-nsa.html?_r=0



UK: National security: our spy chiefs won t be losing any sleep over their summons by MPs

Despite the hype, public quizzing is no substitute for proper democratic scrutiny of our intelligence services.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/03/mps-spy-chiefs-outing-not-proper-scrutiny



As Rest Of The World Considers Cutting Back Aggressive Surveillance, New Zealand Legalizes Massive Spying

New Zealand has passed a very broad new snooping law that will force telcos to basically hand over everything to various intelligence agencies.

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20131106/01340225145/as-rest-world-considers-cutting-back-aggressive-surveillance-new-zealand-legalizes-massive-spying.shtml



NSA Funding Bill Gives Agency Extra Cash To Hunt 'Insider Threats'

The Senate Intelligence Committee has already given its thumbs up to NSA spending, advancing a bill that contains a little something extra for its favorite agency.

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20131106/10584525150/nsa-funding-bill-passed-senate-intelligence-community-gives-agency-extra-cash-to-hunt-insider-threats.shtml


From Information Clearing House

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Obama Secret Service Agent: ?It?s Worse Than People Know and I am Not Trying to Scare You Either?
http://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/11/mac-slavo/its-worse-than-you-think%E2%80%A8/

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NSA blowback

The American Conservative
by Philip Giraldi

11/08/13

The Edward Snowden files? revelation that the United States has been tapping the phones of top French, Mexican, Brazilian, and German politicians should not really surprise anyone, but that is not the real story. The 'everyone does it' argument is meant to mitigate the offense, but is wrong on two counts. It is incorrect technically, as no other country has our capabilities. It also fails to take into account the political damage that occurs when a nation initiates large scale espionage operations directed against allied countries, such as France and Germany. The German and French public will rightly assume that Washington will engage in reckless behavior whenever it believes, rightly or wrongly, that its own security is somehow at stake, indicating that the transatlantic relationship only runs in one direction...

http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/nsa-blowback/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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NSA s Vast Surveillance Powers Extend Far Beyond Counterterrorism, Despite Misleading Government Claims
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/11/11-10



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