#NSA Mass Surveillance - it's to protect the government FROM the people #Prism Updated 09/28

Tim Clemente ex-FBI "They can obtain the contents of ALL phone calls AFTER the event."

How about investigating the repeated multiple abuses of the Constitution by the Obama regime?
Mass surveillance has been exponentially increased to build a file on EVERY American citizen.

Glenn Greenwald's article :-
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/06/nsa-phone-records-verizon-court-order

The problem with metadata - it gives you a whole load of other information :-
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2013/06/verizon-nsa-metadata-surveillance-problem.html

For anyone still wondering why Obama didn't prosecute Bush/Cheney, you quite clearly now have your answer.
Barack Obama is EXACTLY the same as Bush/Cheney. 
We are now in the 4th term of the Cheney regime.

The purpose of the Mass Surveillance program does not have anything to do with combating terrorism.

It's purpose is to provide blackmail and intimidation material on anyone that might upset the government in the future.

Upsetting the government might involve :-

Attending an Occupy demo
Attending a gun rights rally
Being a potential government whistle blower (we have all seen the crackdown on those by Obama)
Being critical of government policy 
Being a supporter of the Bill of Rights and Constitution (which Obama continues to shred until there is nothing left)

A property dispute, e.g. over the amount of compensation for confiscating property in order to build the Keystone pipeline

Material to be used in blackmail or intimidation would include anything you didn't want your partner, children or friends to find out about, e.g. :
An extra marital affair
Not being 100% honest on your tax filing or on an insurance claim form
A married man that has not come out and went to a gay bar
A visit to a lap dancing club on someone else's stag night
etc. etc.

If that failed to give up anything of use - they will go after close friends or family.
If your teenage kid has smoked dope that would be a powerful weapon to threaten you with. 
They will threaten to go after them and jail them.

The Mass Surveillance program is not to protect the people from terrorism.
It is never going to be able to do that - see the massive intelligence failure of Boston. 
All the evidence was there that the elder brother was a substantive risk and the authorities did absolutely NOTHING to stop it. 
They should of been closely monitoring the activities of the elder brother upon his return from his 6 month visit to the Caucasus - including attendance at an Islamic Extremist conference. They "dropped" him - the FBI had known he was a risk for years, he was on their watch list.
The FBI and the NSA are too busy monitoring the activities of law abiding citizens to stop terrorism.

The Mass Surveillance program is to protect the government FROM the people. 
It is to provide a source of information to blackmail, intimidate and suppress government critics.  

In case anyone has any doubts that all phone carriers are supplying data to the government (only QWest objected), that it is a continuous operation, has been going on for years and has been exponentially ramped up by Obama - here is just some of the evidence :- 
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/06/is-the-government-also-monitoring-the-content-of-our-phone-calls.html

The monitoring and capture of internet searches, email and social media is part of a Mass Surveillance program called Prism. 
Most major technology companies are part of the program. 
Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, PalTalk, AOL, Skype, YouTube, Apple. 
This too has been exponentially ramped up by Obama. 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/us-intelligence-mining-data-from-nine-us-internet-companies-in-broad-secret-program/2013/06/06/3a0c0da8-cebf-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html 

The program to decrypt and capture all online financial transactions is on-going within the NSA. 
This is part of the reason that the new $2bn data center has been built in Utah (it becomes fully operational in the Fall). 
It takes a lot of server power to decrypt every financial transaction made in the US. 
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/03/ff_nsadatacenter/all/ 

Even if you are not concerned about privacy rights, how about the money? 
Obama has spent well over $100bn on ramping up the Mass Surveillance program. 
He continues to spend tens of billions of dollars a year on it. 
Yet we have the sequester, bridges falling down killing people and 9,000 bridges in the US with structural weaknesses that could go the same way. 
BRIDGES are killing more US citizens than terrorists! 

NSA whistleblower Thomas Drake on the US secrecy state as predator to the 1st amendment
http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2013/03/17/nsa-whistleblower-thomas-drake-on-the-us-secrecy-state-as-predator-of-the-first-amendment/

The Mass Surveillance program is only one plank in Obama's program of numerous measures, to intimidate and suppress domestic dissent. 
Here are the others :- 
http://ian56.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/obamas-civil-rights-violations.html

The intimidation of the general population to not be critical of the government is generally known as a Police State. 
And make no mistake about it, that is EXACTLY what America has now become. 

Even the NY Times, Obama's biggest propagandist is now writing editorials highly critical of Obama.
"The administration has now lost all credibility. Mr. Obama is proving the truism that the executive branch will use any power it is given and very likely abuse it. "
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/07/opinion/president-obamas-dragnet.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0 

Updates
Obama in 2007 on Warrantless Wiretaps: 

Supreme Hypocrisy and multiple outright lies. 

Marchella ‏@1Marchella6h

Ari Fleischer just praised Obama for continuing Bush's 4th term on #CNN. It really is the state against the people.

Huffington Post's main story on their front page is using this picture and this headline :- 

George W Obama

This is the article on Prism
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/06/nsa-prism-data-mining_n_3399310.html

Hard Core Democrat Supporters are in UPROAR over the Verizon Mass Surveillance revelations

If you're OK with revelations of NSA snooping, you're part of the problem

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022956410

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022962634

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022960638

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022961718
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014502286
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017123577
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022957893

You want to protect us? Stop starting wars, stop bombing people in other countries

 http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022959641

NSA whistle blowers claim vindication over Mass Surveillance program 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/06/nsa-spying-whistleblowers_n_3399258.html?ncid=txtlnkushpmg00000037&ir=Politics

Barack Obama from 2006 
In 2006, Obama blasted NSA spying - "No President is above the law"
http://washingtonexaminer.com/article/2531302#.UbDl2_Y7P7M.twitter

How the NSA went rogue 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/apr/26/how-national-security-agency-gone-rogue

How Congress unknowingly legalized Prism in 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/06/06/how-congress-unknowingly-legalized-prism-in-2007/

Glenn Greenwald on Prism
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/06/us-tech-giants-nsa-data

Explosive: Glenn Greenwald reveals to Jake Tapper how Democrats are in revolt against NSA spying
"There is NO Congressional oversight on these Mass Surveillance programs."
"This is indiscriminate surveillance targeting ALL Americans. It gives them so much leverage over their political enemies ..."
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/explosive-glenn-greenwald-reveals-to-jake-tapper-how-democrats-in-revolt-against-nsa-spying/

Rand Paul NSA's Verizon Surveillance : How the White House tramples our Constitution
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/07/nsa-verizon-surveillance-constitution

UK gathering secret intelligence through covert NSA Prism program
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/jun/07/uk-gathering-secret-intelligence-nsa-prism?CMP=twt_gu

Tech companies supply Prism data to NSA via a company you've never heard of? 
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/06/07/1214449/-Tech-companies-deny-any-knowledge-of-NSA-PRISM-datamining-nbsp-program

Updates 06/08

Why does Obama talk like Rand Paul but govern like Dick Cheney? 
http://news.yahoo.com/-why-does-obama-talk-like-rand-paul-but-govern-like-dick-cheney--201343244.html

Esquire Magazine : Civil liberties are NOT something you trade
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/phone-data-and-civil-liberties-060713

Glenn Greenwald : government intimidation and suppression of whistle blowers
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/07/whistleblowers-and-leak-investigations

Newyorker : NSA's Mass Surveillance and the deliberate removal of privacy protections installed in "Thin Thread" 
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/backissues/2013/06/takes-the-nsas-surveillance-programs.html?mbid=social_retweet

NSA’s ‘Hoarding Complex’ on Full Display with Details on Top Secret PRISM Surveillance Program

http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2013/06/06/nsas-hoarding-complex-on-full-display-with-details-on-top-secret-prism-surveillance-program/#

DoJ fights release of courts secret finding of unconstitutional NSA Mass Surveillance (in a case brought by EFF - Electronic Frontier Foundation) 
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/06/justice-department-electronic-frontier-foundation-fisa-court-opinion

Exclusive: Top whistleblower spills the beans on the real extent of the NSA spying 
They are using ISRAELI companies to do it
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/06/exclusive-top-nsa-whistleblower-spills-the-beans-on-the-real-scope-of-the-spying-program.html

NSA built back door into all windows software by 1999
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/06/microsoft-programmed-in-nsa-backdoor-in-windows-by-1999.html

High level Intelligence source "We hack everone everywhere". 
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/06/high-level-american-intelligence-source-we-hack-everyone-everywhere-we-like-to-make-a-distinction-between-us-and-the-others-but-we-are-in-almost-every-country-in-the-world.html

Even the Mainstream Liberal Press Slams Obama over NSA spying "like something out of East Germany" 
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/06/even-the-mainstream-liberal-press-slams-obama-on-spying.html 

When Bushies defend Obama, you KNOW something is wrong
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022968120

NSA listens in to phone sex
"The snoop factor is shocking."
http://www.calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/Kotarski+snoop+factor+shocking/8377821/story.html

NSA sucks in data from as many as 50 companies
http://m.theweek.com/article.php?id=245311

Prism - Here's how the NSA wiretapped the internet
http://www.zdnet.com/prism-heres-how-the-nsa-wiretapped-the-internet-7000016565/

Boundless Informant: the NSA's secret tool to track global surveillance data 
Another GREAT SCOOP by Glenn Greenwald
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/08/nsa-boundless-informant-global-datamining?CMP=twt_gu

NSA surveillance programs are to control political enemies - not anti-terror measures 
Must read article
http://privacysos.org/node/1077

NSA data could enable massive blackmail - by the US government, another country or a third party 
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/06/what-if-china-hacks-the-nsas-massive-data-trove/276637/

NY Times : Tech companies concede to NSA surveillance programs
Meetings in silicon valley as to the best ways of getting round the law
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/08/technology/tech-companies-bristling-concede-to-government-surveillance-efforts.html?_r=2&

Updates 06/09 

All the infrastructure a tyrant would need, courtesy of Bush and Obama
More and more, we're counting on having angels in office and making ourselves vulnerable to devils.
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/06/all-the-infrastructure-a-tyrant-would-need-courtesy-of-bush-and-obama/276635/

NY Times Continues It's Assault on Obama
http://www.dailypolicyjournal.com/nyt-continues-assault-on-obama/
Peeping Barry
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/09/opinion/sunday/dowd-peeping-president-obama.html

New petition on the White House site demanding that Obama resign in order to avoid the ordeal of impeachment proceedings
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/we-demand-president-obama-resign/sTtJndXm

US mass spying revelations deepen European fears
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/07/europe-surveillance-prism-idUSL5N0EJ31S20130607

US surveillance row washes up in Australia and New Zealand
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/09/us-usa-security-pacific-idUSBRE95803M20130609

Glenn Greenwald : The US wants to destroy privacy worldwide
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/glenn-greenwald-us-privacy-92400.html?ml=po_r

Rand Paul calls for class action lawsuit to end government snooping
http://www.examiner.com/article/rand-paul-calls-for-class-action-lawsuit-to-end-government-snooping?fb_action_ids=683991401618087&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=288381481237582

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/06/09/rand-paul-says-hell-fight-the-nsa-in-the-supreme-court/

Anonymous releases documents alleging Prism is spying on 35 countries
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/06/07/anonymous-leaks-documents-allegedly-associated-with-prism-surveillance-program

Democratic Lawmakers Bail on Obama Over NSA Surveillance Program 
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/democrats-obama-surveillance/2013/06/09/id/508837?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind revelations of NSA surveillance

Edward Snowden: former CIA man behind the NSA intelligence leak (amended headline from the Guardian)

The 29-year-old source behind the biggest intelligence leak in the NSA's history explains his motives, his uncertain future and why he never intended on hiding in the shadows

http://gu.com/p/3gec7/tw

Updates 06/10

Revealed: Google and Facebook DID allow NSA access to data and were in talks to set up 'spying rooms' despite denials
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2337863/PRISM-Google-Facebook-DID-allow-NSA-access-data-talks-set-spying-rooms-despite-denials-Zuckerberg-Page-controversial-project.html#ixzz2VljFkVv2 

Code name ‘Verax’: Snowden, in exchanges with Post reporter, made clear he

knew risks

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/code-name-verax-snowden-in-exchanges-with-post-reporter-made-clear-he-knew-risks/2013/06/09/c9a25b54-d14c-11e2-9f1a-1a7cdee20287_story_1.html

NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden's Claims Are Believable Because We've Heard Them Before (from William Binney and other whistleblowers)
http://www.businessinsider.com/edward-snowdens-whistleblower-binney-2013-6

Edward Snowden: the whistleblower answers the essential questions on the biggest leak in NSA history 
http://gu.com/p/3gecm/tw

White House petition to "Pardon Edward Snowden" already has 8,000 signatories
Not many people know about it yet - word has not yet got out.
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/pardon-edward-snowden/Dp03vGYD

29-Year Old NSA Whistleblower Makes Mindblowing Claims About What Kind Of Power He Had
"Any analyst at any time can target anyone ... I, sitting at my desk, certainly have the authorities to wiretap anyone — from you or your accountant, to a federal judge, to even the President."

http://www.businessinsider.com/edward-snowden-nsa-2013-6


Glenn Greenwald's excellent interview on Morning Joe today
"Americans would be stunned if they knew what was going on."
"Senators on the Intelligence Committee are restrained from saying what they know, they have been issuing warnings as far as they can."
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/3036789/ns/msnbc-morning_joe/vp/52154665#52154665

Qwest CEO says company was punished for not co-operating with NSA on what Qwest thought were illegal activites
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/12/AR2007101202485.html

Edward Snowden: saving us from the United Stasi of America | Daniel Ellsberg 
http://gu.com/p/3gefb/tw

America's Outsourced Spy Force, by the Numbers  
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2013/06/contract-security-clearance-charts/66059/
Obama’s chief intelligence official James Clapper, is a former Booz executive. 
Bush's was John McConnell, who now works for Booz

Almost an Orwellian surveillance state
William Binney ex-NSA on Democracy Now
http://privacysos.org/node/589

They are attempting to normalize the step-by-step elimination of the Constitution. - Democratic Underground
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022981711

What We Don't Know About Spying on Citizens: Scarier Than What We Know  
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/06/what-we-dont-know-about-spying-on-citizens-scarier-than-what-we-know/276607/

NSA Surveillance cartoons - Democratic Underground 
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022982991

Salon : Obama’s “Dirty Wars” — and a soiled presidency - Democratic Underground 
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022979942

Creeping authoritarianism Democratic Underground 
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022981567

Look who works for Booz Allen Hamilton: Edward Snowden's US contracting firm.  Revolving door gone insane.
http://gu.com/p/3geeb/tw

Excellent interview by Glenn Greenwald on how Edward Snowden helped expose a "Massive Security Apparatus" via Amy Goodman Democracy Now
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEB1FSa0Gew&feature=youtu.be

Meet the contractors analyzing your private data 
Must read.
http://www.salon.com/2013/06/10/digital_blackwater_meet_the_contractors_who_analyze_your_personal_data/

Edward Snowden, Booz Allen and the rise of the post 9/11 security leviathan inside the beltway
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/113430/edward-snowden-booz-allen-and-beltways-economic-boom#

Updates 06/11

(The reason for) Verizon’s Top Secret Deal With The Pentagon Was Made Public in Regular, Annual Filing With SEC. 
http://www.nysun.com/national/verizons-top-secret-deal-with-pentagon-was-made/88319/#.UbbYRTAuZ3g.twitter

Feinstein and Clapper finally admit the government has been collecting ALL phone records for the last 7 years 
http://news.yahoo.com/clapper-clarifies-remarks-over-nsa-snooping-155751214.html

William Binney from 2012 on Stellar Wind, the NSA and the dangers of a Mass Surveillance Stasi State like East Germany
Must watch
http://nyti.ms/OxyaoB

hi from europe, i "love" watching "democrats" apologise for fascism! - Democratic Underground 
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022985622

Democratic Underground : You have to be utterly ignorant of history, in a state of denial, dumb as grits or 
partisan to the point of mindlessness, to believe that the 16 major national security agencies aren't to some degree or another abusing their powers. 
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022986025

What the heck was going through their brains? - Democratic Underground 
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022988706

You commit three felonies a day, there's bound to be something they can get you on - Democratic Underground 
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022987642

Bernie Sanders On NSA Leak Revelations: We're Heading For An 'Orwellian Future' 
http://huff.to/1bqM59a

If you don't think collected information could be used against you .... Democratic Underground 
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022990459

More bafflegab from our President - let's put things into perspective - Democratic Underground 
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022985324

Inside the NSA’s Domestic Surveillance Apparatus: Whistleblower William Binney Speaks Out Democratic Underground 
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022985946

One American Who Isn't For Sale - Edward Snowden | Common Dreams 
https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/11#.Ubd-uGEsxCc.twitter

NSA Official: “The Government Is Not Trying To Protect [Secrets About NSA Surveillance] from the Terrorists. It’s Trying to Protect Knowledge of that Program from the Citizens of the United States” 

http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/06/nsa-official-the-government-is-not-trying-to-protect-secrets-about-nsa-surveillance-from-the-terrorists-its-trying-to-protect-knowledge-of-that-program-from-the-citizens-of-the-united.html

I took off my Obama stickers yesterday Democratic Underground http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022992047

86 Civil Liberties Groups and Internet Companies Demand an End to NSA Spying 
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/06/86-civil-liberties-groups-and-internet-companies-demand-end-nsa-spying

A.C.L.U. Sues to Bar ‘Dragnet’ Collection of Phone Records - Democratic Underground 
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014506128

Metadata is MORE INTRUSIVE than content 
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2013/06/verizon-nsa-metadata-surveillance-problem.html?mbid=social_retweet

Sen Merkely : Bipartisan group of Senators call for end to secret law
http://www.merkley.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/?id=5D5997D9-4BA1-46C3-BA86-D208EC82A31E#.UbeV8rHxkM0.twitter

NSA Director caught lying 14 times under oath 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYNXVgYhPOc&feature=youtu.be
We know the NSA is routinely collecting ALL emails from American citizens as well as a large number of electronic transactions as well as other data.
Here is the wired article that disputes what the NSA director said.
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/03/ff_nsadatacenter/all/1

Updates 06/12

NSA Surveillance : Anger mounts in Congress at spying on Americans
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/12/anger-mounts-congress-telephone-surveillance-programmes

What If Richard Nixon Had Had Your E-Mail Password? - Democratic Underground 
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022996354 

NSA's $2 billion Utah-based facility can process yottabytes of information 
HOW BIG IS A YOTTABYTE - BIGGER THAN YOU CAN EVEN IMAGINE! 

The yottabyte (derived from the SI prefix yotta-) is a unit of information or computer storage equal to one septillion (one long scale quadrillion or 1024) bytes (one quadrillion gigabytes). The unit symbol for the yottabyte is YB. 

As of 2011, no storage system has achieved one zettabyte of information. The combined space of all computer hard drives in the world does not amount to even one yottabyte, but was estimated at approximately 160 exabytes in 2006. As of 2009, the entire Internet was estimated to contain close to 500 exabytes." 

BTW, if the Internet is an estimated 500 exabytes big, how many exabytes is one yottabyte? 

Answer: 1,048,576 exabytes 

In other words, 2,097 Internet's can fit into one Yottabyte.

Read more at:-
http://www.examiner.com/article/nsa-2-billion-utah-based-facility-can-process-yottabytes-of-information

We are being manipulated to miss the point. - Democratic Underground 
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022997125

DID YOU KNOW?: Two Secretive Israeli Companies Reportedly Bugged The US Telecommunications Grid For The NSA
http://www.businessinsider.com/israelis-bugged-the-us-for-the-nsa-2013-6

The NSA's Best Defense of PRISM Didn't Even Last a Week 
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2013/06/nsas-only-terrorist-defense-prism-didnt-even-last-week/66143/#ixzz2VzgmynS7

The Dirty Little Secret About Mass Surveillance: It Doesn’t Keep Us Safe 
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/06/the-dirty-little-secret-about-nsa-spying-it-doesnt-work.html

9 Companies Tied to PRISM, Obama Will Be Smacked With Class-Action Lawsuit Wednesday 
http://t.usnews.com/a34CA7A

What Is The Government's Agenda? -- Paul Craig Roberts - PaulCraigRoberts.org: 
http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2013/06/11/what-is-the-governments-agenda-paul-craig-roberts/#.Ubi4wv8TOLM.twitter

Snowden saw what I saw: surveillance criminally subverting the constitution | Thomas Drake
http://gu.com/p/3gg5k/tw

Europe warns US: you must respect the privacy of our citizens : Demands concrete answers to 7 questions 
http://gu.com/p/3gg53/tw

Why you should worry about the NSA  
Why you should worry about the NSA http://soa.li/40ofZeB

James Clapper Lied to Congress About #NSA Surveillance. He Should Be Fired
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/war_stories/2013/06/fire_dni_james_clapper_he_lied_to_congress_about_nsa_surveillance.html?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=sm&utm_campaign=button_chunky

Bernie Sanders : Why I don't care about Edward Snowdon - It's the wrong question 
http://sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/news/?id=ce874a42-a367-452f-afd0-fe76282426fa

Updates 06/13

Rep. Massie: Don't Yield an Inch! If we don't reverse this we can kiss out civil liberties GOODBYE 
http://youtu.be/t5-Q5fSbofQ

Prism: concerns over government tyranny are legitimate | Guardian
How to get round the political backlash of spying on your own citizens.
Spy on someone elses and swap info.

The “Five Eyes” alliance between the intelligence agencies of the US, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the UK effectively permits those governments to circumvent the prohibition against gathering data on their own citizens by sharing information across the Five Eyes intelligence community. The UK for example can spy on Americans and make that information available to the US government on its massive spy cloud – one that the NSA operates and the Five Eyes share. 

http://gu.com/p/3gg7z/tw

Police Agencies Are Assembling Records of DNA NY Times
All part of the Police State that is being assembled
http://nyti.ms/19sRcc8
Off-duty cops collect DNA samples at Alabama roadblocks
http://dailycaller.com/2013/06/10/off-duty-cops-collect-dna-samples-at-alabama-roadblocks/

3 Reasons the ‘Nothing to Hide’ Crowd Should Be Worried About Government Surveillance 
http://reason.com/archives/2013/06/12/three-reasons-the-nothing-to-hide-crowd

Massive Domestic Spying was Wrong in the Past..It's Wrong Today
http://wp.me/pckBk-2GE

NSA revelations only 'the tip of the iceberg,' says Dem lawmaker - The Hill's Video 
"There is a lot more that hasn't come out in the media yet."
://thehill.com/video/house/305047-dem-rep-lawmakers-learned-significantly-more-about-surveillance-programs-in-nsa-briefing

Justin Amash: NSA Domestic Spying and PATRIOT Act are Threat to the Freedom of Americans
http://youtu.be/KU9tGdUll9o

Prism Exposed: Data Surveillance with Global Implications
http://spon.de/adXw5

Senators challenge NSA's claim to have foiled 'dozens' of terror attacks
http://gu.com/p/3ghhy/tw

Former Justice attorney seeks $23 billion in damages for NSA surveillance programs 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/wp/2013/06/13/former-justice-prosecutor-seeks-23-billion-in-damages-for-nsa-surveillance-programs/

NSA surveillance played little role in foiling terror plots, experts say 
http://gu.com/p/3gg2v/tw

NSA Director General Keith B Alexander Lies to Congress under questioning by Hank Johnson 
The lies revealed

Constitutional? Legal? Not bloody likely. 100% political. - Democratic Underground 
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023014331

How Credible Are the Claims that the NSA mass data collection stops terror? 
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/06/how-credible-are-the-claims-that-mass-surveillance-stops-terror-attacks.html

Liberal advocates of a police state turn savagely against Edward Snowden 
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/06/14/comm-j14.html

Top National Security Experts: Spying Program Doesn’t Make Us Safer, & Spying Leaks Don’t Harm America
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/06/top-national-security-experts-spying-program-doesnt-make-us-safer-and-spying-leaks-dont-harm-america.html

Investigate Booz Allen Hamilton, Not Edward Snowden | Common Dreams 
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/14-9#.UbuKPOn7Ptk.twitter

Sens. Wyden & Udall: We Have Seen No Evidence NSA Surveillance Has Prevented 'Dozens Of Terrorist Events'
http://www.mediaite.com/online/sens-wyden-udall-we-have-seen-no-evidence-nsa-surveillance-has-prevented-dozens-of-terrorist-events/

Chart: How Booz Allen Hamilton Swallowed Washington - Democratic Underground http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023014802

How Spy Agency Contractors Have Already Abused Their Power | The Nation 
http://www.thenation.com/blog/174741/how-spy-agency-contractors-have-already-abused-their-power

Edward Snowden's worst fear has not been realised – thankfully | Glenn Greenwald
http://gu.com/p/3gtck/tw

Updates 06/15

Al Gore: NSA Surveillance Violates The Constitution
http://huff.to/19AunU0

The inside account of eavesdropping of Americans.

http://abcnews.go.com/m/story?id=5987804&ref=http%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2F0snhRJuCDy

Gang Stalking - How FDA Monitored Whistleblowers Who Raised Concerns over radiation 
Amy Goodman - Democracy Now
http://youtu.be/L9AhKtvXgHM

NSA has 20 trillion records of US communications says whistle blower William Binney 
http://privacysos.org/node/771 

Senators challenge NSA's claim to have foiled 'dozens' of terror attacks | Guardian 
http://gu.com/p/3ghhy/tw

Government surveillance - yesterday and today
http://www.privacysos.org/talks/Nmurray/surveillance

A Bipartisan Response to the NSA's Surveillance  Rep John Conyers and Rep Justin Amash
http://huff.to/1bB1fsz

Newt Gingrich "Let's allow terrorist attacks to happen" (in order to impose even more authoritarian rule) 
http://youtu.be/qvBwcf4kfCc

Retired Federal Judge: Your Faith In Secret Surveillance Court Is Dramatically Misplaced 
http://thkpr.gs/11NCGqS

"There Is NO Threat To America When I Talk To My Mother!" Alan Grayson. GREAT speech
http://youtu.be/L08DfDyUxSw

Goebbels said it best. - Democratic Underground
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023018878

Government Accountability Project Statement on Edward Snowden & NSA Domestic Surveillance - Democratic Underground
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023019302

Obama: 'This Administration Acts Like Violating Civil Liberties Is The Way To Enhance Our Security' Democratic Underground
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017125773

Updates 06/16

Cnet: NSA admits listening to US phone calls without warrants

If the NSA wants "to listen to the phone," an analyst's decision is sufficient, without any other legal authorization required, Nadler said he learned.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57589495-38/nsa-admits-listening-to-u.s-phone-calls-without-warrants/

INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE IS ERODING OUR PRIVACY AND LIBERTY
http://j.mp/11pAVgj

NSA Prism : Pentagon bracing for anti-government activism 
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/06/14/nsa-prism-pentagon-bracing-for-anti-government-activism-over-climate-change-disasters/

NSA surveillance played little role in foiling terror plots, experts say | Guardian
http://gu.com/p/3gg2v/tw

FBI Fake Terror Plot History: Judge Napolitano: 

3 plots were foiled by an alert public.
17 were created by the Federal government

Conyers Nadler & Scott: NSA-Phone Tracking is Overbroad; Call for Immediate Hearings - Democratic Underground 
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023027255 #NSA

Booz Allen sells surveillance secrets to United Arab Emirates. #McConnell sleaze
http://nyti.ms/12yGhuS

Updates 06/17

Veteran NSA Whistleblowers: Internal Channels Failed Us, Snowden Did the Right Thing Daily Kos
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/06/17/1216731/-Veteran-NSA-Whistleblowers-Internal-Channels-Failed-Us-Snowden-Did-the-Right-Thing

3 NSA veterans speak out on whistleblower - we told you so
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/06/16/snowden-whistleblower-nsa-officials-roundtable/2428809/

Civil liberties: surveillance and the state | Guardian Editorial
"You cannot have a debate without being well informed"
http://gu.com/p/3gj4m/tw

Biden in 2006 schools Obama in 2013 over NSA spying program - BRILLIANT video

The NSA's Prism: why we should care | Guardian
Entirely innocent people get labeled as well
http://gu.com/p/3gth6/tw

Even The AP Is Calling Bull On Government Claims Of PRISM Helping Stop NYC Subway Bomb
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130611/17450923413/even-ap-is-calling-bull-government-claims-prism-helping-stop-nyc-subway-bomb.shtml

Updates 06/17

Public Enemy Number One: the Public » CounterPunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names 
http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/06/17/public-enemy-number-one-the-public/#.UcADj2rxCxI.twitter

NSA spying timeline from EFF 
https://www.eff.org/nsa-spying/timeline

Apple Co-founder Steve Wozniak Talking PRISM and the Constitution

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOWDwKLJAfo&feature=youtu.be

Remember... THIS Is How The NSA Felt About Our Constitution After The 9/11 Attacks... - Democratic Underground
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023035767

Obama's Soft Totalitarianism: Europe Must Protect Itself from America via @SPIEGELONLINE 
http://spon.de/adXU6

Everyone in US under surveillance incl Congress - NSA whistleblower William Binney 
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023039929

Updates 06/19

Fisa court oversight: a look inside a secret and empty process | Glenn Greenwald
http://gu.com/p/3gjcz/tw

No, NSA Spying Did NOT Prevent a Terror Attack on Wall Street 
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/06/no-nsa-spying-did-not-prevent-a-terror-attack-on-wall-street.html

An Open Message to The NSA:  Excellent video
http://youtu.be/CroiMURk8SU

We Have the Technological Ability to Keep Americans Safe WITHOUT Spying On Everyone
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/06/we-have-the-technological-ability-to-keep-americans-safe-without-spying-on-everyone.html

Secret Court Ruling Put Tech Companies in Data Bind | NY Times
http://nyti.ms/19xeJIY

Ahhh! It's a "pre-collection database" they're using...TO STORE ALL RECORDS OF OUR COMMUNICATIONS. Democratic Underground 
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023045488

Google files First Amendment court case against NSA surveillance secrecy
http://cnnmon.ie/15hpcBu

DHS Wants Same Surveillance Powers as NSA 
http://news.antiwar.com/2013/06/18/dhs-wants-same-surveillance-powers-as-nsa/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AntiwarNews+%28News+From+Antiwar.com%29#.UcH9VyGzFIE.twitter

Secret to Prism program: Even bigger data seizure
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/secret-prism-success-even-bigger-data-seizure

Updates 06/20

NSA revelations prompt questions about Australian intelligence agencies from Australian Senator
http://gu.com/p/3gmxk/tw via @guardian

Glenn Greenwald Speaks to Anderson Cooper: Why Snowden Wants To Speaks Directly To The Public
http://youtu.be/-iGvL0Fy7m4

Experts on the Left & the Right Agree: America Is Running the World’s Largest Terrorist Operation
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/06/experts-from-the-left-and-the-right-agree-america-is-running-the-worlds-largest-terrorist-operation.html

Russ Tice, Bush-Era Whistleblower, Claims NSA Ordered Wiretap Of Barack Obama In 2004 
http://huff.to/1c0w0XZ
And people still don't think that the NSA's massive spying capabilities aren't going to be abused ......... massively.

"One Of Them Intercepts Telephone Calls And Routes The Spoken Words To A System Called ­NUCLEON." - DU
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023049865

NYT: Skype collaborated with NSA long before PRISM
http://dailycaller.com/2013/06/20/nyt-skype-collaborated-with-nsa-long-before-prism/

Updates 06/21

Obama's new FBI chief approved Bush's NSA warrantless wiretapping scheme | Glenn Greenwald 
http://gu.com/p/3g8v9/tw

The 11 lies and 1 truth told at the recent NSA "hearing"
http://ian56.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/the-catalog-of-nsa-lies-at-yesterdays.html

Your whole email account is now in the hands of the government
http://ian56.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/your-entire-email-account-is-now-in.html

U.S. surveillance architecture includes collection of revealing Internet, phone metadata - Washington Post 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/us-surveillance-architecture-includes-collection-of-revealing-internet-phone-metadata/2013/06/15/e9bf004a-d511-11e2-b05f-3ea3f0e7bb5a_story.html

NSA Whistleblower Russ Tice Alleges NSA Wiretapped Barack Obama as Senator 
and lots of others
"potential for massive blackmail"
http://youtu.be/2DmN80yi5mo

Indefinite Surveillance: Say Hello to the National Defense Authorization Act of 2014 - DU 
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023059700

GCHQ is hoovering up EVERYTHING and swapping with NSA | Guardian
Tapping into world's fibre optic cables
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jun/21/gchq-cables-secret-world-communications-nsa

EU / US diplomatic relations threatened over NSA Mass Surveillance
http://ian56.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/eu-us-relations-threatened-over-nsa.html

NSA Prism : Inside the modern surveillance state
http://www.informationweek.co.uk/security/privacy/nsa-prism-inside-the-modern-surveillance/240156341

DEBUNKING The Bush and Obama Administrations’ Justification for Mass Surveillance 
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/06/bush-and-obama-administrations-911-justification-for-nsa-spying-has-been-debunked.html

Updates 06/22

In Depth Review: New NSA Documents Expose How Americans Can Be Spied on Without A Warrant | EFF
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/06/depth-review-new-nsa-documents-expose-how-americans-can-be-spied-without-warrant

Bombshell: Fmr. Intelligence Agent Accuses NSA, Obama Of Lying, Alleges Broader Spying Programs 
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/bombshell-fmr-intelligence-agent-accuses-nsa-obama-of-lying-alleges-broader-spying-programs/

Clear Evidence That Corporate America Wants the Govt. to Treat Protesters as 'Terrorists' | Alternet 
http://www.alternet.org/corporate-accountability-and-workplace/corporations-think-protesters-are-terrorists

GCHQ revelations: mastery of the internet will mean mastery of everyone | Guardian 
http://gu.com/p/3gn8z/tw

Britain's response to the NSA story? Back off and shut up | Simon Jenkins | Guardian
D Notices issued
http://gu.com/p/3gkhf/tw

Snowden spy row grows as US is accused of hacking China | Guardian
http://gu.com/p/3gnfm/tw

Updates 06/23

NSA leaks: US and Britain team up on mass surveillance #FiveEyes
EU has issued a "worrying" report
http://gu.com/p/3gngx/tw

MI5 feared GCHQ went 'too far' over phone and internet monitoring "abuses civil liberties"
http://gu.com/p/3gnfg/tw

Home Depot Co-Founder: We Should Throw Edward Snowden a Party - We Ought to be grateful 
http://youtu.be/7rMtKgLMEl8

Updates 06/24

NSA Leaks Present a Business and Ethics Crisis for Silicon Valley | Wired.com 
Companies no longer trusting silicon valley with their data
http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/06/prism/

One thing's for sure - your personal data is not safe with Facebook
http://www.zdnet.com/anger-mounts-after-facebooks-shadow-profiles-leak-in-bug-7000017167/

Obama is a F*****G FRAUD | Daily Kos
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/06/20/1216665/-Obama-is-a-F-G-FRAUD

Surveillance contractors gave millions in campaign cash to congressional lawmakers
John McCain was by far the largest recipient
http://wtim.es/11ygLo5

Glenn Greenwald destroys David Gregory
David Gregory is an Establishment/Corporate lackey and not a supporter of America
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017127199

The Snowden Effect. You want Nixonian? This right here is Nixonian | Esquire Magazine
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/Big_Brother_Takes_A_Government_Job?src=soc_twtr

A Cruel and Unusual Record - America's shameful human rights record | NY Times
http://nyti.ms/Miycll

I'm tired of the everyone concentrating on Snowden and not the surveillance state DU 
EXCELLENT Op-Ed
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023078392

Glenn Greenwald Is 'Aiding and Abetting' Democracy | The Nation
http://www.thenation.com/blog/174946/glenn-greenwald-aiding-and-abetting-democracy

U.S. Surveillance Is Not Aimed at Terrorists 
http://bloom.bg/17wtZWO

US & NSA Accused of Criminal Privacy Violations in Dozens of Nations - Democratic Underground 
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023086724 

Glenn Greenwald Explodes At 'Servants To Power' In Media: They're 'Defending The Royal Court' 
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/glenn-greenwald-explodes-at-servants-to-power-in-media-theyre-defending-the-royal-court/

Mark Ruffalo on terror watch list due to film on natural gas drilling 
http://blog.sfgate.com/dailydish/2010/11/23/mark-ruffalo-on-terror-advisory-list/

Updates 06/25

Pyrrhic Insanity: The Full-Court Press On Snowden Intensifies; D.C. Goes Into Full Orwell Mode | Daily Kos
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/06/24/1218466/-Pyrrhic-Insanity-The-Full-Court-Press-On-Snowden-Intensifies-D-C-Goes-Into-Full-Orwell-Mode

Demonizing Edward Snowden: Which Side Are You On? 
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/johncassidy/2013/06/demonizing-edward-snowden-which-side-are-you-on.html?

Who Manages the NSA’s Super-Secret Budget?
http://www.nationaljournal.com/magazine/who-manages-the-nsa-s-super-secret-budget-20130620

Meet The Man In Charge Of America's Secret Cyber Army (In Which "Bonesaw" Makes A Mockery Of PRISM)
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-22/meet-man-charge-americas-secret-cyber-army-which-bonesaw-makes-mockery-prism

Seven Myths About Edward Snowden, NSA Whistleblower | The Nation 
http://www.thenation.com/blog/174963/seven-myths-about-edward-snowden-nsa-whistleblower

Updates 06/26

National Security Agency discloses in secret Capitol Hill briefing that thousands of analysts can listen to domestic phone calls. That authorization appears to extend to e-mail and text messages too.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57589495-38/nsa-spying-flap-extends-to-contents-of-u.s-phone-calls/

Liberal icon Frank Church on the NSA  | Glenn Greenwald 

Even among US Senators, virtually nothing was known at the time about the National Security Agency. The Beltway joke was that "NSA" stood for "no such agency". Upon completing his investigation, Church was so shocked to learn what he had discovered - the massive and awesome spying capabilities constructed by the US government with no transparency or accountability - that he issued the following warning, asreported by the New York Times, using language strikingly stark for such a mainstream US politician when speaking about his own government:

"'That capability at any time could be turned around on the American people, and no American would have any privacy left, such is the capability to monitor everything: telephone conversations, telegrams, it doesn't matter. There would be no place to hide.'

"He added that if a dictator ever took over, the NSA 'could enable it to impose total tyranny, and there would be no way to fight back.'"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/25/frank-church-liberal-icon

Edward Snowden: in defence of whistleblowers | Guardian 
http://gu.com/p/3gpdd/tw

Dirty Wars author Jeremy Scahill: is journalism being criminalised? – video interview | Guardian 
The large corporations are running the show
There is no oversight by Congress
http://gu.com/p/3gzhj/tw

A New Beginning Without Washington's Sanctimonious Mask -- Paul Craig Roberts MUST READ 
Members of Congress are being blackmailed
http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2013/06/25/a-new-beginning-without-washingtons-sanctimonious-mask-paul-craig-roberts/#.UcszaQQcfY8.twitter

Edward Snowden’s martyrdom | Doug Wead
http://po.st/nLRYcx

Updates 06/27

How the NSA is still harvesting your online data
http://gu.com/p/3gqmz/tw

What the Occupy Wall Street Crackdown Can Teach Us About NSA Spying 
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/06/nsa-spying-occupy-homeland-security

"And the land of the freeeeeeeee" U.S. Army bans the Guardian NSA articles armywide... - DU
The government certainly don't want the troops to know what sort of government they serve.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023116380

This Plan To End Government Spying Has Grown So Big It Might Actually Work 
http://www.businessinsider.com/mozilla-backed-stop-watching-us-grows-2013-6

26 Senators send a letter to US director of national intelligence James Clapper 
http://gu.com/p/3hvkz/tw

Updates 06/29

What happens when the rule of law increasingly bows to the whims and violations of unaccountable public officials?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ralph-nader/rule-of-law_b_3516830.html

Glenn Greenwald states that the NSA is collecting the contents of a billion phone calls every day.
It is to be the subject of an article in the near future.

Updates 07/01

Multiple Government Agencies Are Keeping Records Of Your Credit Card Transactions 
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-30/multiple-government-agencies-are-keeping-records-your-credit-card-transactions

Germans Loved Obama. Now We Don’t Trust Him. NY Times
http://nyti.ms/12uo8N3

Washington Post releases four new slides from NSA's Prism presentation, malking liars out of Google, Microsoft, Apple etc. |Guardian
http://gu.com/p/3hxa6/tw

"allegations of gov't hardware on-premises at technology companies surface" - casts doubt on earlier denials by firms
http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/06/30/new-prism-leaks-detail-live-notification-of-email-login-message-sending-or-chat-usage/

Jesselyn Radack Points Out the Problem with FISA: 'They Hear Only the Government's Side' 
http://shar.es/A3PZC

US threatened with sanction over NSA Mass Surveillance
http://news.yahoo.com/nsa-spying-allegations-rile-european-200118503.html

Big Government Is the Problem, Not Edward Snowden
http://reason.com/archives/2013/06/30/big-government-not-snowden-and-greenwald

Glenn Greenwald: "Dianne Feinstein is Outright Lying" about NSA Surveillance 

http://youtu.be/vRLTChWV6RM

The World Says Yes To Snowden, No To Obama  
http://www.albanytribune.com/28062013-the-world-says-yes-to-snowden-no-to-obama-oped/

French parties call for Snowden to be given political asylum
http://f24.my/17OljLF

Germany prepares to charge UK and US intelligence over fresh bugging allegations 
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/germany-prepares-to-charge-uk-and-us-intelligence-over-fresh-bugging-allegations-8680249.html

Updates 07/02 

Snowden makes his first statement from Moscow - plus analysis
http://youtu.be/xYG0lVS0d8M

Barack Obama seeks to limit EU fallout over US spying claims (and is failing as European anger grows) 
http://gu.com/p/3h27b/tw

Obama and the crumbling of a liberal fantasy hero - FT.com
(They should of looked at the list of his largest donors in 2008 (as I did) to get a good idea of what Obama would really be like.)
http://on.ft.com/15buC4s

Europe must get tough with the US over NSA spying revelations | Guardian
http://gu.com/p/3h2bt/tw

New NSA leaks show how US is bugging its European allies  #Dropmire | Guardian 
http://gu.com/p/3hxdk/tw

There's a Secret Patriot Act, Senator Says Sen Wyden 
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/05/secret-patriot-act/

Why the Ruling Class is So Upset About Edward Snowden - Democratic Underground 
http://www.democraticunderground.com/101667452

James Clapper apologizes to senators for outright lying about NSA spying
How about some jail time? It's 5 years for each count of perjury.
http://rt.com/usa/clapper-lying-senate-nsa-568/#.UdNCx89BTAw.twitter

Updates 07/03

German protesters call Barack Obama Stasi 2.0
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/06/26/195045/memories-of-stasi-color-germans.html#.UdPMjfk3t5E


US taps half-billion German phone and internet activities a month  
http://rt.com/news/us-nsa-spying-germany-443/#.UdPNv0dYciE.twitter

Obama administration paid contractors millions to snoop through Americans’ financial data 
http://dailycaller.com/2013/06/27/obama-administration-paid-contractors-millions-to-snoop-through-americans-financial-data/

All Law is Gone: Naked Power Remains - Craig Murray, Former Ambassador, Human Rights Activist
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023156157

Updates 07/04

NSA scandal - the Agency is out of control | James Bamford
http://dw.de/p/191FO

Students DESTROY NSA Recruiters Over Illegal Spying and Lies (Listen)  BRILLIANT article 
NSA recruiters resort to "we are only following orders, defense".
It didn't work for the Nazi's at Nuremberg and it doesn't work now.
http://shar.es/AvG5B

High-Level US Government Officials Have Warned for 40 Years that Mass Surveillance Would Lead to Tyranny in America
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/07/top-experts-have-warned-for-50-years-that-mass-surveillance-would-lead-to-tyranny-in-america.html

The Empire Strikes Out - Democratic Underground. The absurdities of the Obama regime 
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023157990

U.S. Postal Service Logging All Mail for Law Enforcement
Not even snail mail is safe from the spying.
http://www.fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/u-s-postal-service-logging-all-mail-for-law-enforcement/49547

Updates 07/05

Edward Snowden Extradition Battle Puts Spotlight On U.S. Tyranny Around the World - Excellent article 
http://libertycrier.com/government/edward-snowden-extradition-battle-puts-spotlight-on-u-s-tyranny-around-the-world/

Updates 07/06

This Independence Day, Let's Remember a Leaker That Helped Spur the American Revolution - Benjamin Franklin
http://rudepundit.blogspot.co.uk/
http://ian56.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/this-independence-day-lets-remember.html

Did you know John Roberts is also chief justice of the NSA’s surveillance state? 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/07/05/did-you-know-john-roberts-is-also-chief-justice-of-the-nsas-surveillance-state/

Updates 07/07

If I haven't done anything wrong, I have nothing to fear…Yeah, Rrrright. - Democratic Underground 
There are more and more people waking up to what the NSA Mass Surveillance programs are really about
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023182660

Sweden Wiretapping Russia’s International Traffic For The NSA 
http://falkvinge.net/2013/07/07/documents-sweden-wiretapping-russias-international-traffic-for-the-nsa/

What with the UK's mass data collection on behalf of the NSA at GCHQ & Sweden's spying for the NSA it is little wonder that both countries want the whole spying thing swept under the rug as much as possible, when the EU confronts America about it shortly.

Snowden unveils NSA Satellite SAURON Program targeting Citizens

http://www.chronicle.su/news/snowden-unveils-nsa-spy-satellite-sauron-program-targeting-us-citizens/

Want to See Your NSA or FBI File? Here's How... 
http://m.dailykos.com/story/2013/06/11/1215421/-Want-to-See-Your-NSA-or-FBI-File-Here-s-How SWAMP THEM #p2 #tcot #NSA

The NSA's mass and indiscriminate spying on Brazilians | Glenn Greenwald
http://gu.com/p/3h5tk/tw

Snowden unveils NSA Satellite SAURON Program targeting Citizens: 
http://www.chronicle.su/news/snowden-unveils-nsa-spy-satellite-sauron-program-targeting-us-citizens/

Snowden says Western states 'in bed with NSA'
http://f24.my/12OoBp6

CIA's Tech Head on Your Data: ‘We Try To Collect Everything And Hang On To It Forever’

http://gawker.com/5991731/cias-tech-head-on-your-data-we-try-to-collect-everything-and-hang-on-to-it-forever

NSA Rejecting Every FOIA Request Made by U.S. Citizens 
http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2013/07/06/nsa-rejecting-every-foia-request-made-by-u-s-citizens/#.UdnX_pHn0sg.twitter

Updates 07/08

Governments Spy On Their Citizens for Control and Power - Democratic Underground 
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023197547

Snowden reveals Australia's links to US spy web
http://www.smh.com.au/world/snowden-reveals-australias-links-to-us-spy-web-20130708-2plyg.html

Daniel Ellsberg: Snowden made the right call when he fled the US
http://wapo.st/14WMv53

How Secretly Redefining 'Relevant' Empowered Vast NSA Data-Gathering
http://on.wsj.com/16YOeYS

Blowback from the White House's vindictive war on whistleblowers | Shamai Leibowitz
http://gu.com/p/3h3zp/tw

Experts Destroy Obama's Argument That Americans Must Sacrifice Privacy For Security 
http://www.businessinsider.com/us-must-sacrifice-privacy-for-security-2013-7

Updates 07/09

Uruguay Ready to Consider Asylum for Snowden – First Lady 
http://en.rian.ru/world/20130708/182130900/Uruguay-Ready-to-Consider-Asylum-for-Snowden--First-Lady.html

Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence "proud to confer on Edward Snowden the Sam Adams Award for 2013"
http://www.accuracy.org/release/whilstleblowers-blast-nsa-programs-award-snowden/


British Government Sued Over Collaboration With NSA Spying
http://reason.com/24-7/2013/07/08/british-government-sued-over-collaborati

The Fact that Mass Surveillance Doesn’t Keep Us Safe Goes Mainstream 
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/07/the-fact-that-mass-surveillance-doesnt-keep-us-safe-goes-mainstream.html

Everything You Wanted to Know about Spying … But Were Afraid to Ask 
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/07/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-spying-but-were-afraid-to-ask.html

Another Problem with Mass Spying: Centralized Data Creates An Easy Mark for Hackers
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/07/another-problem-with-mass-spying-hackers-might-steal-centralized-data.html

Government Spying Has Always Focused On Crushing Dissent … Not On Keeping Us Safe 
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/07/government-spying-has-always-focused-on-crushing-dissent-not-on-keeping-us-safe.html

Updates 07/10

What RIGHT does the U.S. have to tell other countries they can't give Snowden asylum?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023206034

NSA spied on Obama. Spying on Congress, military etc. | Interview with Whistleblower Russ Tice: 
http://youtu.be/d6m1XbWOfVk

Updates 07/11

Hewlett Packard admits to backdoor access in storage products allowing unauthorised access 
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/11/hp_prepping_fix_for_latest_storage_vuln/

CIA / NSA's involvement in INDUSTRIAL espionage and how US tech companies are required BY LAW to facilitate it 
http://ian56.blogspot.com/2013/07/cisco-routers-and-switches-have-back.html

The coming economic backlash against America from the NSA spying scandal 
http://ian56.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-backlash-against-america-from-nsa.html

Snowden Seen as Whistle-Blower by Large Majority in New Poll 
Word is slowly getting out to people about what the NSA has been up to, despite the best efforts of the Corporate controlled media to lie them.
The propagandists are losing.
http://bloom.bg/1aoeQYM

MEXICO is investigating a report its previous government allowed NSA Mass spying 
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/world/mexico-probes-report-of-us-spy-contract/story-e6frfkui-1226677431773

Paper reveals NSA spying in Latin America 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/paper-reveals-nsa-ops-in-latin-america/2013/07/09/eff0cc7e-e8e3-11e2-818e-aa29e855f3ab_print.html

The Quiet Coup d'etat: No, Not Egypt. Here in America! | Huffington Post
http://huff.to/1dfKxjb

Revealed: how Microsoft handed the NSA access to encrypted messages
http://gu.com/p/3h9xd/tw

Mexican president says possible U.S. spying 'totally unacceptable' 
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/World/2013/07/11/Mexican-president-says-possible-US-spying-totally-unacceptable.aspx

What the government pays industry to snoop on people 
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/price-surveillance-govt-pays-snoop

Kremlin turns back to type writers to avoid American spying 
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/07/11/kremlin-turns-back-to-typewriters-to-avoid-leaks/ 


Updates 07/12 

NSA monitors global Internet traffic via private fiber-optic cables

Great explanatory video

NSA leak fallout: LIVE UPDATES Watch the video on the "Insider Threat Program" from July 11th
http://rt.com/usa/nsa-leak-snowden-live-updates-482/#.Ud-pxFCfqew.twitter

Edward Snowden: US officials are preventing me claiming asylum.
Calls for human rights meeting in Moscow
http://gu.com/p/3h989/tw

NSA surveillance: French human rights groups seek judicial investigation
http://gu.com/p/3h8z4/tw

Comparing the NSA with the Stasi 
The NSA can store 1 billion times more data. It would need 17 milion square kilometres to hold the equivalent amount of data in filing cabinets - like the Stasi did.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-07-11/stasi-vs-nsa-compare-and-contrast

U.S. applying huge leverage against Latin America to Reject Snowden 
There will be some kind of blowback sooner or later
http://nyti.ms/133DIiZ

Updates 07/13

Only 1 percent of “terrorists” caught by the FBI are real 
http://www.salon.com/2013/07/10/only_1_percent_of_terrorists_caught_by_fbi_are_real_partner/

Q&A with Glenn Greenwald: Americans’ reaction “surprising and gratifying” 
Americans are no longer swallowing the Establishment BS wholesale
http://www.salon.com/2013/07/13/qa_with_glenn_greenwald_americans_reaction_surprising_and_gratifying/

Oliver Stone Calls For A New American Revolution! NOW!
http://youtu.be/NIb0a6CUFMA
Tell Congress to end the Surveillance State - NOW! sign the ACLU petition 
https://www.aclu.org/secure/stopnsa?ms=oth_acluaction_govtspying_130709 

Greenwald: Snowden has enough information to cause US govt ‘worst damage in history’ 
http://rt.com/news/snowden-us-nightmare-greenwald-064/#.UeG1lS5w9vY.twitter

Updates 07/14

The NSA Is Doing What King George Did to Colonial Americans 
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/07/nsa-spying-is-exactly-the-kind-of-thing-which-caused-the-revolutionary-war-against-king-george.html

Congressman in 1999: “NSA [Has Been] Conducting a Broad ‘Dragnet’ of Communications, and ‘Invading the Privacy of American Citizens’”
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/07/1999-quote-nsa-has-been-conducting-a-broad-dragnet-of-communications-and-invading-the-privacy-of-american-citizens.html

The Government Is Spying On ALL Americans’ Digital and Old-Fashioned Communications 

Anyone Who Says the Government Only Spies On Potential Bad Guys Is Sadly Uninformed

http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/07/anyone-who-says-the-government-only-spies-on-limited-targets-is-wrong html

Newly-Leaked NSA Slide Shows that NSA Is Tapping All Data from Main Undersea Phone and Internet Cables

The Government Has Been Tapping Undersea Cables … And it Started Before 9/11

The Washington Post published a new slide leaked by Edward Snowden showing that the NSA taps into the main undersea data cables along which telephone and internet communications pass through the U.S.

This confirms what high-level NSA whistleblowers William Binney, Russell Tice and others have said for years: The government is spying on all of our digital communications.

Snowden Is a Traitor to the Political Elite … But a Hero to the American People
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/07/snowden-is-a-traitor-to-the-political-elite-but-a-hero-to-the-american-people.html

Even FISA Court Judge Says It's a Kangaroo Court 
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/07/even-fisa-court-judge-says-its-a-kangaroo-court.html

The NSA's Surveillance Is Unconstitutional
Dodd-Frank is collecting even MORE financial data
http://on.wsj.com/133aikY

Updates 07/15

How Cash Secretly Rules Surveillance Policy
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/how_cash_secretly_rules_surveillance_policy_20130712/#.UeOORyf6A49.twitter

The Unspoken Truth: The Coup d’etat in AMERICA | Paul Craig Roberts
http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-unspoken-truth-coup-detat-in-america/5342691?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=the-unspoken-truth-coup-detat-in-america

Trapwire: It's Not the Surveillance, It's the Sleaze
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/08/trapwire-strafor-biz/

Edward Snowden nominated for Nobel Peace Prize by Swedish Professor 
http://dailym.ai/13J2JTE

Updates 07/16

Locking Out the Voices of Dissent by Chris Hedges - Democratic Underground 
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023264521

European commission backs Merkel's call for tougher data protection laws 
http://gu.com/p/3haye/tw

Would an American Jury Even Convict Edward Snowden? Would they apply Jury Nullification?
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/07/would-an-american-jury-even-convict-edward-snowden/277830/

Updates 07/17

Email exchange between Edward Snowden and former GOP Senator Gordon Humphrey | Glenn Greenwald 
http://gu.com/p/3hbph/tw

The Creepy, Long-Standing Practice of Undersea Cable Tapping 
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/07/the-creepy-long-standing-practice-of-undersea-cable-tapping/277855/

Why Doesn’t the Government Use Its Mass Surveillance to Bust the Big Criminals … the Banksters? 
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/07/why-doesnt-the-government-use-its-mass-surveillance-to-bust-bank-crimes.html

The NSA Admits It Analyzes More People's Data Than Previously Revealed 
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023281378

Updates 07/18

Jimmy Carter issues statement on Snowden. "America no longer has a functioning democracy" - Democratic Underground 
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023285237

I Hereby Resign in Protest Effective Immediately - Brandon Toy, "Defense" Contractor 
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023281808

Today, finally, Snowden was PROVEN a LIAR!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023285012

NSA warned to rein in surveillance as agency reveals even greater scope
http://gu.com/p/3hcmg/tw

The NSA Wants America's Most Powerful Corporations to Be Dependent on It 
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/07/the-nsa-wants-americas-most-powerful-corporations-to-be-dependent-on-it/277822/

Rep. Holt to introduce bill to repeal Patriot Act & 2008 FISA Act 
http://americablog.com/2013/07/rep-rush-holt-to-introduce-bill-to-repeal-patriot-act-2008-fisa-act.html

DHS warns employees not to read leaked NSA information 
Total joke
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/wp/2013/07/15/dhs-warns-employees-not-to-read-leaked-nsa-information/

Updates 07/19

The Time the U.S. Gave Asylum to a Guy Who Leaked Classified Documents 
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023285842

US Threatens To Eliminate Trade With Venezuela If It Provides Snowden With Asylum 
More and more countries and more and more people will wake up and realize what sort of bully the American government has become
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023287575

A Single NSA Wiretap Could Lead To Snooping On '2.5 Million Americans' 
http://www.businessinsider.com/edward-snowden-nsa-wiretap-snoops-millions-2013-7

FISA court renews NSA surveillance program 
http://rt.com/usa/fisa-court-renew-authority-340/#.UemuXXUyhLs.twitter

Updates 07/20

A Letter to Edward Snowden Prometheus among the cannibals - Swoon! 
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023300775

NSA Phone Snooping Cannot Be Challenged in Court, Feds Say 
If government actions cannot be challenged in court that is a characteristic of Tyranny, not the characteristic of a Democracy or a Constitutional Republic
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023296209

Greenwald "Never Hear US Media Say Isn't It Odd Ppl Seek Asylum In A Country Known To Torture 
http://youtu.be/bE00y7Qgnnk

Greenwald : How come official Washington isn't telling CIA operative Robert Lady to go "face the music" of charges against him?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/panama-releases-former-cia-operative-wanted-by-italy/2013/07/19/c73ebc12-f083-11e2-a1f9-ea873b7e0424_story.html?hpid=z4

Updates 07/21

This week in press freedoms and privacy rights | Greenwald

The travesty calling itself "the Bradley Manning court-martial", the kangaroo tribunal calling itself "the FISA court", and the emptiness of what the Obama DOJ calls "your constitutional rights"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jul/20/press-freedoms-manning-risen

As Natural News predicted: NSA has been blackmailing Supreme Court judges, members of Congress and more 

http://www.naturalnews.com/040906_NSA_spying_blackmail_Supreme_Court.html

Someone who understands computers - @NoahShachtman - explains things to those who don't (or who don't want to)
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/07/18/what_if_snowdens_laptops_hold_no_secrets


[Conversation] | Snoop Snoop Song: A Conversation with Glenn Greenwald | Harper's Magazine 
http://harp.rs/2e3vd5i

DHS Threatens Legal Action Against Employees Who Read Leaks 
DHS doesn't want any worker bees finding out that their work is unconstitutional, immoral and worse than useless for fighting counter terrorism
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130718/01584823844/homeland-security-threatens-legal-action-against-employees-who-read-news-about-leaks.shtml

Updates 07/23

Court: Chevron Can Seize Americans' Email Data 
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/07/chevron-ecuador-american-email-legal-activists-journalists

FORMER CIA OFFICER: Edward Snowden Is No Traitor  
http://au.businessinsider.com/edward-snowden-not-a-traitor-2013-7

Updates 07/24

The NSA Scrambles to Defend Its Surveillance Tools
The NSA is getting worried about this move to defund part of the Mass Surveillance - it is getting traction in Congress.
Keith Alexander has called for a secret meeting with Congress to get his ducks lined up.
It will be all propaganda and lies of course
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2013/07/nsa-scrambles-defend-its-surveillance-tools/67502/

Greenwald :- A vital vote on Wednesday on Amash/Conyers House bill to defund NSA bulk spying (http://is.gd/fAF21f ) - act here: http://defundthensa.com/ 

NSA Defenders In The Senate Flip Out Over Amash Amendment To Stop Dragnet 
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130723/12592523908/nsa-defenders-senate-flip-out-over-amash-amendment-to-stop-dragnet.shtml

"The public was not just kept in dark about Patriot Act," Wyden said. "The public was actively misled."
http://m.guardiannews.com/world/2013/jul/23/house-amendment-nsa-bulk-surveillance

The ‘Making You Safe’ Lie by Philip Giraldi 
http://original.antiwar.com/giraldi/2013/06/26/the-making-you-safe-lie/#.Ue9aJ3lW0JN.twitter

Mike Masnick slams NSA defenders' leaked talking points
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130613/17490723465/leaked-nsas-talking-points-defending-nsa-surveillance.shtml Well slammed

Former DHS Official: Marathon bombing proves street cameras are great. Mike Masnick: Oh -- what did they prevent?
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130418/19421722759/former-policy-secretary-dhs-uses-boston-bombing-to-point-out-how-eff-aclu-are-wrong-about-surveillance-cispa.shtml

Former Top NSA Lawyer Blames Civil Libertarians For 9/11, Says Hype About NSA May Lead To A Repeat 
Total garbage - see the article below 
The way to stop another 911 is to vote the current lying corrupt jerks out of office
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130717/00560223831/former-top-nsa-lawyer-blames-civil-libertarians-911-says-hype-about-nsa-may-lead-to-repeat.shtml

Irony Alert: Obama Opposes Amash Amendment Because It's A 'Blunt Approach' And Not A Product Of  'Open' Process 
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130723/17454123916/irony-alert-obama-opposes-amash-amendment-because-its-blunt-approach-not-product-open-process.shtml

Dueling Amendments To Cut NSA Surveillance Funding; But One Is A Red Herring To Trick Congress 
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130723/01361323896/dueling-house-amendments-over-cutting-nsa-surveillance-funding-one-is-red-herring-to-trick-congress.shtml

Updates 07/25

MUST WATCH/READ
Senator Ron Wyden's statement about the NSA's Mass Surveillance programs.
"The public was not just kept in dark about Patriot Act," Wyden said. "The public was actively misled about the NSA programs."
http://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/blog/post/wyden-on-nsa-domestic-surveillance 

Greenwald :- Once the NYT exposed it, Pelosi pretended to vehemently oppose the Bush NSA eavesdropping program. Here's reality:
http://ggsidedocs.blogspot.com.br/2013/07/nancy-pelosi-and-bushs-nsa-program.html

Updates 07/29

Glenn Greenwald: Low-Level NSA Analysts Have ‘Powerful and Invasive’ Search Tool 
Greenwald quite rightly asks why Clapper isn't already up on a charge of lying to Congress. He has been caught red handed.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/07/glenn-greenwald-low-level-nsa-analysts-have-powerful-and-invasive-search-tool/#.UfZveNvRJSM.twitter


Senate Majority Whip: FISA Court Is 'Fixed' and 'Loaded' - Conor Friedersdorf - The Atlantic 
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/07/senate-majority-whip-fisa-court-is-fixed-and-loaded/278163/ 

Update 07/30 

For the first time since 9/11, Major opinion has shifted in the US and Congress, on NSA surveillance and privacy | Glenn Greenwald 
http://gu.com/p/3hjef/tw

Update 07/31

Guardian: "Revealed: NSA tool that collects 'nearly everything a user does on the internet'" 
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023378381 

XKeyscore: NSA tool collects 'nearly everything a user does on the internet' | Greenwald 
http://gu.com/p/3hy4h/tw

NSA Director Heckled At Conference As He Asks For Security Community's Understanding  
http://onforb.es/18N75HZ

Updates 08/03

FBI pressuring telecoms to install undisclosed surveillance technology
http://rt.com/usa/fbi-pressuring-telecoms-undisclosed-surveillance-978/#.Uf1SUGXXJHk.twitter

A U.S. Federal Court Just Gave the Government the Power to Track You Without a Warrant
http://www.policymic.com/articles/57815/a-u-s-federal-court-just-gave-the-government-the-power-to-track-you-without-a-warrant

Updates 08/04

Members of Congress denied access to basic information about NSA | Glenn Greenwald 
http://gu.com/p/3hn8t/tw

Updates 09/23
The Government Is Spying On Us Through Our Computers, Phones, Cars, Buses, Streetlights, At Airports And On The Street, Via Mobile Scanners And Drones, Through Our Smart Meters, And In Many Other Ways
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/09/the-government-is-spying-on-us-through-our-computers-phones-cars-buses-streetlights-at-airports-and-on-the-street-via-mobile-scanners-and-drones-through-our-smart-meters-and-in-many-other-ways.html

Why is the NYPD handing out flyers urging people to upgrade to fingerprint phones when the system has already been hacked and is a security risk? 

It couldn't possibly be so that the authorities can collect records of everybody's fingerprints - now could it?

http://ian56.blogspot.com/2013/09/why-is-nypd-handing-out-flyers-urging.html

Rep. Justin Amash - trying to get information out of the NSA is like a game of 20 questions.

Unless the question is asked in exactly the right way you will get misleading information

http://reason.com/blog/2013/09/20/rep-amash-details-how-intelligence-commi

Spy Agencies Are Doing WHAT?
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/09/spy-agencies-are-doing-what.html

Updates 09/27
Metadata May Not Catch Many Terrorists, But It's Great at Busting Journalists' Sources
http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/09/24/metadata_may_not_catch_many_terrorists_but_its_great_at_busting_journalists_sources

Updates 09/28

Senator Ron Wyden to introduce comprehensive NSA and secret court reform bill  
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/09/senators-to-introduce-comprehensive-nsa-and-secret-court-reform-bill/

It's Official: NSA Wants to Suck up All Americans’ Phone Records
https://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/its-official-nsa-wants-suck-all-americans-phone-records

Dianne Feinstein Accidentally Confirms That NSA Taps The Internet Backbone 
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130927/13562624678/dianne-feinstein-accidentally-confirms-that-nsa-tapped-internet-backbone.shtml

Since 2010 NSA has been able to build a social profile of all social contacts on any American citizen. 
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/29/us/nsa-examines-social-networks-of-us-citizens.html?hp&_r=0

Update 10/06 
NSA Chief Admits "Only One or Perhaps Two" Terror Plots Stopped by Spy Program 
http://libertyblitzkrieg.com/2013/10/03/nsa-chief-admits-only-one-or-perhaps-two-terror-plots-stopped-by-spy-program/
The real number is probably minus one. 
Boston should of been stopped with a decent law enforcement process without the Patriot Act - there was plenty of evidence to obtain a warrant against the elder brother and the FBI was already tailing him before he left for the Caucasus.