It's awful, but it isn't unparalleled. Total Information Awareness started in 2002, shortly after the Sept 11th attacks. I wouldn't be surprised if the basic plans were discussed previously but we know that they really started getting implemented starting in 2002.
I absolutely believe that the Obama administration has pushed the agenda and, as technology has gotten better and companies have gotten used to complying with NSLs and other extra-judicial crap, I'm sure that it has gotten easier and smoother to implement. But it is hardly unparalleled. This has been going on hard core for 10 years. People are maybe just starting to wake up to it a bit now. Judah On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 4:34 AM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > All records, regardless of whether the citizen is the focus of an > investigation or not. ALL. > I wonder how many doors will be broken down after they get through with the > data mining? > > Something you would expect from China or Russia is happening right now. > > Have you spoken to someone in the US today? What did you talk about? Could > anything you said be misconstrued by someone listening? ;-) > > > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/06/nsa-phone-records-verizon-court-order > > "The National Security Agency is currently collecting the telephone records > of millions of US customers of Verizon, one of America's > largesttelecoms<http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/telecoms> > providers, under a top secret court order issued in April. > > The order, a copy of which has been obtained by the Guardian, requires > Verizon on an "ongoing, daily basis" to give the NSA information on all > telephone calls in its > systems< > http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2013/jun/06/verizon-telephone-data-court-order > >, > both within the US and between the US and other countries. > > The document shows for the first time that under the Obama administration > the communication records of millions of US citizens are being collected > indiscriminately and in bulk regardless of whether they are suspected of > any wrongdoing." > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:364267 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
