I am astounded, flabbergasted, words cannot describe. I will apologize right up front. Haven't done much editing, or organizing. So don't throw stones, just keep scrollin' on.....
I started by following a few public links (Google maps of Bluffdale (Utah Data Center), then I followed through to NSA web site. I've provided links at the bottom of this diary if you'd care to see for yourself.
First, hard to find but there for the world to see, is a list of the things they intend to collect IN THEIR WORDS (emphasis mine).
For security reasons, it is unrealistic to expect a complete list of information we collect for our national citizen database. In the spirit of openness and transparency however, here is a partial list:
internet searches
websites visited
emails sent and received
social media activity (Facebook, Twitter, etc)
blogging activity including posts read, written, and commented on - View our patent
videos watched and/or uploaded online
photos viewed and/or uploaded online
music downloads
mobile phone GPS-location data
mobile phone apps downloaded
phone call records - View our patent
text messages sent and received
online purchases and auction transactions
bookstore receipts
credit card/ debit card transactions
bank statements
cable television shows watched and recorded
commuter toll records
parking receipts
electronic bus and subway passes / Smartpasses
travel itineraries
border crossings
surveillance cameras
medical information including diagnoses and treatments
prescription drug purchases
guns and ammunition sales
educational records
arrest records
driver license information
Notice, this is a partial list.
After the orange doodle, let's review the drawings that illustrate just how this works.
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