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Re: NSA Chief describes what PRISM is

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Post by dwnoble » Sat, Jun 08, 2013, 10:35 PM UTC

Just to clarify on the title: the statement was issued by the Director of National Intelligence, not the NSA director.

Re: NSA Chief describes what PRISM is

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Post by Zakharov » Sat, Jun 08, 2013, 10:44 PM UTC

deno wrote: post #13

onecommentonly wrote: post #2

PDF link of the description http://www.dni.gov/files/documents/Facts%20on%20the%20Collec...

It’s non‐trivial to turn PDF into series of images. Why would they go through that trouble? It’s insane. Thanks.

I'd guess it's standard process to avoid redaction errors.

Re: NSA Chief describes what PRISM is

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Post by RWeaver » Sat, Jun 08, 2013, 11:50 PM UTC

cenhyperion wrote: post #20

So, we're supposed to think this is okay because a secret court approves it? A court that doesn't deny requests, a court that was just proven to approve monitoring every phone call in the nation? We're supposed to believe that court is protecting our privacy. I don't care if this was all legal. Everything the Soviet Union did was legal under their laws. I care that this was wrong.

And they make a big song and dance about every request having judge approval and being overseen by the court, we already know that they just rubber stamp the collection of 'everything' and gag the companies not to talk about it.

Re: NSA Chief describes what PRISM is

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Post by eightyone » Sat, Jun 08, 2013, 11:52 PM UTC

ralfd wrote: post #9

acqq wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I don't think that Glenn Greenwald would stake his reputation on just a PowerPoint. He claims on Twitter that he has "highly detailed technical NSA materials on how they eavesdrop". [1] Though I'm not sure if that is a reference to the telecom spying or Internet spying.

[1] https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/343470800784982016