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According to a new report by the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, the phone and Internet data collected on millions of innocent Americans as part of the U.S. government s counter-terrorism program can be retained "for up to 75 years or more."

http://dailycaller.com/2013/10/09/report-u-s-government-keeps-data-of-innocent-americans-for-up-to-75-years/



How The NSA Deploys Malware: An In-Depth Look at the New Revelations

The template for attacking people with malware used by the NSA is in widespread use by criminals and fraudsters, as well as foreign intelligence agencies, so it's important to understand and defend against this threat to avoid being a victim to the plethora of attackers out there.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/10/how-nsa-deploys-malware-new-revelations



10 Ways the NSA Spies on You

Video

Careful what you search for, because somebody is always watching, find out more in 10 ways the NSA spies on you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcJGAYjQFrQ#t=46



Where Journalism Collides With State 'Security

BBC News, MI5 And The Mantra Of 'Keeping People Safe'

By David Cromwell

How the state, and a compliant media, relentlessly raise fears of the 'shadows and threats' that supposedly assail us.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36534.htm


From Information Clearing House

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US companies selling customer data to NSA
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/the-surveillance-state/us-companies-selling-customer-data-to-nsa.html

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Counterterrorism: Where are Obama s policy changes?

Reuters
by Daphne Eviatar

10/21/13

It is now roughly five months since President Barack Obama announced a new direction for U.S. counter-terrorism strategy. 'America is at a crossroads,' Obama said at the National Defense University in May. 'We must define the nature and scope of this struggle, or else it will define us.' The president proceeded to set out his post-war vision for the nation, the peace dividend earned for the last 12 years of a complicated, costly and at times tragically misguided counterterrorism policy. The president, as usual, gave a good speech. Where he s weak is on the follow-through, however...

http://tinyurl.com/pnzm5bs


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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