blog.wired.com - 1/23/2009
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Just one day after George W. Bush left office, an NSA whistleblower has revealed that the National Security Agency's warrantless surveillance program targeted U.S. journalists, and vacuumed in all domestic communications of Americans, including, faxes, phone calls and network traffic. Russell ...
rawstory.com - 1/22/2009
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rawstory.com —
everyone, targeted journalists Updates: Sen. Rockefeller believes NSA
may have spied on him ; Ex-NSA analyst believes...
program a remnant of 'Total Information Awareness' Former National Security Agency analyst Russell Tice, who helped expose the NSA's ...
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Whistleblower: NSA spied on everyone, targeted ...
blog.wired.com - 1/23/2009
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NSA whistleblower Russell Tice was back on Keith
Olbermann's MSNBC program Thursday evening to expand on his...
Wednesday revelations that the National Security Agency spied on individual U.S. journalists, entire U.S. news agencies as well as "tens of ...
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NSA Whistleblower: Wiretaps Were Combined with Credit ...
crooksandliars.com - 1/22/2009
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Download | Play Download | Play (h/t Heather)
It didn't take twenty four hours after the end...
of the Bush presidency for the latest scandal to come out---hopefully, it will not go down the memory hole of those eager to "look forward." ...
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Countdown: NSA Surveillance Far Vaster Than Admitted; ...
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And no doubt there will be more of this
Unqualified Offerings —
By Thoreau On Olbermann tonight, I learned what he had long feared: That the Ft. Meade branch of the Stasi* was actively targeting journalists . First, I have no doubt that we’ll learn more. The gang initiation ritual at Ft. Meade may involve a code of silence, but sure in that den of jackals there must be a few more people willing to betray their comrades and tell the rest of the story. There are crimes to be prosecuted and hence asses to be covered, and surely some of them must be willing to talk in exchange for immunity. In an ideal world we’d evacuate Ft. Meade, burn ...
NSA Snooped on All of US -- Especially Journalists
Discourse.net —
... Threat Level from Wired.com, Whistleblower: NSA Targeted Journalists, Snooped on All U.S. Communications, ...
NSA 'Monitored All Communications'
Drudge Retort —
Monday, January 26, 2009 NSA 'Monitored All Communications' "The National Security Agency had access to all Americans' communications. Faxes, phone calls and their computer communications. ... They monitored all communications." -- former NSA analyst Russell Tice Posted by ...
Skype Users Beware: Big Brother May Be Listening
Pajamas Media —
... , a software program that allows users to make telephone calls over the Internet for free. The headset you need costs about $59. It is common knowledge that the NSA can’t hack into Skype, which is why it’s a popular tool for anyone who worries, with good reason , that the NSA might be listening in on them — journalists, ...
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Reuters: Politics 1/23/2009
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