2012 wiretap stats show drug war continues to serve as primary fuel for surveillance state
A telephone tower disguised as a giant tree.
A telephone tower disguised as a giant tree.
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ACLU attorneys Ben Wizner, Catherine Crump and John Reinstein spoke at the HOPE 9 hackers conference in New York City in July 2012.
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NSA whistleblower and cryptographer William Binney gave the keynote at the 2012 HOPE conference in New York City.
A couple of weeks ago AP reported that the NYPD and Microsoft jointly developed a surveillance platform for the police department called "Domain Awareness System." The story was short on details, but told us "the program combines city-wide video surveillance with law enforcement databases" "to track both criminals and potential terrorists."
"In effect, the United States of America was turned into the equivalent of a foreign nation for the purpose of dragnet electronic surveillance, on a very wide scale."
- NSA whistleblower Thomas Drake
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NSA whistleblower Bill Binney delivered the keynote address at the HOPE 9 hackers conference in New York City in early July 2012. Watch the longtime NSA cryptographer discuss what he views as the agency's moral collapse, above.
Part two: NSA whistleblower Bill Binney delivered the keynote address at the HOPE 9 hackers conference in New York City in early July 2012. Watch the longtime NSA cryptographer discuss what he views as the agency's moral collapse, above. Read more about...
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After NSA whistleblowers accused the secretive, behemoth military snooping agency of dragnet electronic surveillance, Representative Hank Johnson asked the head of the NSA, General Keith Alexander, some tough questions.