“More than a decade after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, a set of extraordinary and secretive surveillance programs conducted by the National Security Agency has been institutionalized, and they have grown, reports Shane Harris at the Washingtonian. These special programs are conducted under the codename ‘Ragtime,’ and they are divided into several subcomponents, according to the new book Deep State: Inside the Government Secrecy Industry, by Marc Ambinder and D.B. Grady.”
http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2013/02/ragtime-nsas-secret-domestic.html
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