NSA's San Francisco Surveillance Detailed

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Monday May 22, 2006 · 10:10 PM PDT

2006/05/22 · 22:10

Keep in mind this is just San Francisco. Similar surveillance equipment has been installed in New York, LA, San Diego, Seattle and other major metropolitan areas. I know some will say "this is the price we pay to prevent losing the Bay Bridge to terrorists", but this is just SO over the top.

I sincerely doubt the carriers whose communications have been compromised are aware of this surveillance. And if they are, they certainly haven't been forthcoming with us.

Here are the carriers who have had their communications compromised by AT&T in cooperation with our Federal Government's illegal surveillance scheme according to AT&T's Klein, as published in Wired:
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The Market Doesn't Like Big Brother

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Thursday May 18, 2006 · 1:49 PM PDT

2006/05/18 · 13:49

Pep talk by Hayden. Markets are up. First tough questions by Wyden. Markets are down. End of day, off the cliff again. Tonight everyone discusses it at the bar, dinner table, in bed with the significant other (or whomever). Tomorrow we learn more.

That's over 400 points off the Dow since the news broke about Big Brother and 100 on the NASDAQ.

And most people don't understand, or even believe it yet. Read More

Big Brother's Impact on Financial Markets

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Wednesday May 17, 2006 · 8:34 PM PDT

2006/05/17 · 20:34

There are some unavoidable outcomes of waking up to the specter of Big Brother. Our markets require the free, unimpeded flow of information to all participants.

The basic problem in a capitalistic society when you allow some to gain access to information that others do not have is that you destroy the market.

I won't spend time here in explaining the technology. Read my other posts, or those all over DKos today.
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Constitutional Amendment On Information Privacy

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Monday May 15, 2006 · 2:42 PM PDT

2006/05/15 · 14:42

I'm no lawyer, but I've thought about this for a long time (30 years).

How about:

"Only parties to a transaction may originate, transport, view, receive, record and retain electronic representations of the transaction. Retention may not exceed the warranty period, or 7 years, whichever comes first."

This seems more important than whether gay lovers marry. Read More

NSA also knows where you are (or were)

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Saturday May 13, 2006 · 11:58 PM PDT

2006/05/13 · 23:58

Call detail records are interesting things. Besides your phone number, the number you called, and the time you started and ended your call, they contain the location of the tower that routed the call.

Yes, this does mean the NSA knows where you were. And because they can access this data "as it happens" now, they know where you are while you are calling. The accuracy of the location varies, based on a number of factors. But combine this with their storage of the call records and they know where you have been for as long as they have the historical call detail records.

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The Phone Company You've Never Heard Of

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Friday May 12, 2006 · 11:52 AM PDT

2006/05/12 · 11:52

Because they don't provide local or long distance services, or issue phone numbers.

See the dots. Those are points of presence. Anything thing you do that touches those dots means Global Crossing can delve into your digital content at will.

Haven't seen THEIR name in the press lately have you? Not since they went bankrupt. Read More

Call Records My Ass - It's the calls themselves

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Thursday May 11, 2006 · 7:46 PM PDT

2006/05/11 · 19:46

...and your emails and internet traffic. Anything that passes between cities.

Let's take a step back and look at what was reported this morning -- some vendor who was approached by General Hayden with specifications for a very large database project used to track ???

The NSA is recording your ACTUAL phone call content, your email traffic and your internet traffic wherever they have deployed Narus hardware and software. Not call records, but the calls themselves. Not the IP addresses of your emails and web site accesses, but the content that you viewed or originated. It's all there. It isn't science fiction. And it isn't limited to "personal" data. All business data is exposed. It's called "perfect information", the ability to know about the news before it is news. That's how you keep from ever being surprised again.

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How 1984 works in 2006 - Wiretapping Unveiled

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Wednesday May 10, 2006 · 8:50 PM PDT

2006/05/10 · 20:50

Why can't the DOJ learn about the NSA's wiretapping program? Why hasn't anyone in the Congress or Senate actually been fully briefed. Because the truth would change the world, just like the impact on religions of the world if a deity walked the planet.

Imagine KNOWING beyond a doubt that there is NO digital privacy. Not even encrypted or SSL communications. Not even private business channels on high speed communication highways -- the ones companies and governments pay dearly for. Well that's what the NSA has implemented.

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