NSA Chief describes what PRISM is
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NSA Chief describes what PRISM is
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#2PDF link of the description http://www.dni.gov/files/documents/Facts%20on%20the%20Collec...
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#3It has prevented WMD proliferation ... because we all know that Ahamaninejad and Kim talk to each other on facebook.
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#4This is basically what we already knew. It doesn't explain how the system is integrated with data providers such as google.
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#5This is basically what we already knew. It doesn't explain how the system is integrated with data providers such as google.
They aren't telling, and that may be telling on itself. Court approval apparently is needed but then Verizon hands all metadata every day, based on a court approval.
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#6This is basically what we already knew. It doesn't explain how the system is integrated with data providers such as google.
He says it's not integrated:
PRISM is not an undisclosed collection or data mining program. It is an internal government computer system used to facilitate the government’s statutorily authorized collection of foreign intelligence information from electronic communication service providers under court supervision
http://www.dni.gov/files/documents/Facts%20on%20the%20Collec...
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#7It has prevented WMD proliferation ... because we all know that Ahamaninejad and Kim talk to each other on facebook.
Kim Jong-Un's nephew has (had?) Facebook and other social media accounts[1]. He also bashed his uncle in an interview and lives in exile, but given how the CIA found Bin Laden, it's not hard to imagine how monitoring his Facebook activity and going all the way down the rabbit hole of every spec of information they might find there, could eventually lead to some useful intelligence on North Korea.
[1]http://gawker.com/5846077/kim-jong+ils-teenage-grandson-is-h...
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#8This is basically what we already knew. It doesn't explain how the system is integrated with data providers such as google.
He says it's not integrated: PRISM is not an undisclosed collection or data mining program. It is an internal government computer system used to facilitate the government’s statutorily authorized collection of foreign intelligence information from electronic communication service providers under court supervision http://www.dni.gov/files/documents/Facts%20on%20the%20Collec...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/08/nsa-prism-server...
"PRISM == Collection directly from the servers" written in the top secret slide apparently made in his agency.
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
He says it's not integrated: PRISM is not an undisclosed collection or data mining program. It is an internal government computer system used to facilitate the government’s statutorily authorized collection of foreign intelligence information from electronic communication service providers under court supervision http://www.dni.gov/files/documents/Facts%20on%20the%20Collec...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/08/nsa-prism-server... "PRISM == Collection directly from the servers" written in the top secret slide apparently made in his agency.
To be fair this wouldn't be the first bullshit powerpoint presentation I have seen in my life.
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#10Every statement by Clapper has mentioned repeatedly how the program is lawful and falls under Section 702 of the FISA act approved by congress etc., etc.
But that assertion is meaningless because as a couple of brave senators have let us know (Wyden, Udall), the very court that's supposed to oversee activities under FISA, the FISC (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court) has found the NSAs activities to be unconstitutional[1]. The response to this finding wasn't reform, but to classify the findings themselves.
[1]https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/06/government-says-secret...