OK, so the US government has no business, or rather no moral authority, chiding other countries about freedom of speech! On Jun 6, 2013 6:10 AM, "Jacob Appelbaum" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Libtech, > > We've waited a long time for this kind of FISA court document to leak - > we see clearly evidence that there is still dragnet surveillance that is > ongoing - the current order leaked is still valid as of today, it will > continue to be valid until the middle of July. > > This specifically includes Americans without any international or even > inter-city connections! > > To quote: > "wholly within the United States, including local telephone calls" > > It specifically says a lot more: > > TOP SECRET//SI//NOFORN > Declassify on: 12 April 2038 > > ... > > IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, the Custodian of Records shall produce to the > National Security Agency (NSA) upon service of this Order, and continue > production on an ongoing daily basis thereafter for the duration of this > Order, unless otherwise ordered by the Court, an electronic copy of the > following tangible things: all call detail records or "telephony > metadata" created by Verizon for communications (i) between the United > States and abroad; or (ii) wholly within the United States, including > local telephone calls. This Order does not require Verizon to produce > telephony metadata for communications wholly originating and terminating > in foreign countries. Telephony metadata includes comprehensive > communications routing information,. including but not limited to > session identifying information (e.g., originating and > terminating telephone number, International Mobile Subscriber Identity > (IMSI) number, International Mobile station Equipment Identity (IMEI) > number, etc.), trunk identifier, telephone calling card numbers, and > time and duration of call. Telephony metadata does not include the > substantive content of any communication, as defined by 18 U.S.C. > § 2510(8), or the name, address, or financial information of a > subscriber or customer. > > > The leaked order is here: > > > https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.documentcloud.org/documents/709012/verizon.pdf > > > The writeup by Glenn Greenwald is worth reading as he broke the story: > > > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/06/nsa-phone-records-verizon-court-order > > This pretty much settles the dragnet surveillance debate - the FBI, the > NSA, the FISA courts are aware of it - all the way to the top. Thus it > is likely the DoJ are all in on it. This is madness and it is exactly > proof of what we have been saying for years. This time it is undeniable > as it is signed by a FISA judge and it is *currently* happening. > > I look forward to the FISA order for full content or the FISA for > targeted based on patterns to leak next! > > All the best, > Jacob > -- > Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by > emailing moderator at [email protected] or changing your settings at > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
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