
“Since the first story about how a secret court order gave the government access to millions of Verizon phone records, we’ve learned about many other overreaches by the federal government, including a government program that gains access to private information on popular services like Facebook, a tool the NSA can use to wiretap virtually anyone in the world, widespread spying on friendly foreign countries and even that the NSA has been infiltrating the online gaming world with forays into World of Warcraft. Here’s a roundup of some of the most unnerving stories about the NSA, starting before the Snowden revelations.”
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/guide-leaks-exposing-nsas-perversion-privacy?paging=off
Related posts:
33,000 Cheers for Liberty in South Africa!
Homeland Security Put Out Warning about Pressure Cooker Bombs in 2010
China's Central Bank Spars With Its Ministry of Finance
South America Can Now Crowdfund With Bitcoins
NYPD 'Hunting Of Man' T-Shirts Seen On On-Duty Officers In Queens
US Expats and Retained Earnings in Foreign Corporations for 2018
TSA Pursues Administrative Trial Against Man Who Disrobed At Airport Checkpoint
SpaceX rocket blasts off only to return to its launch pad — without exploding
IRS Targets Ron Paul's Campaign for Liberty
“Government Laboratory” for “Unlimited Taxpayer Risk” Now Slated for Demolition
AmEx Must Share Dutch Account Info With IRS
80% dip in India gold imports linked to rampant smuggling
Bitmessage: Choice Of A Rightly Paranoid Generation
Senator Diane Feinstein’s Husband Selling Post Offices to Cronies, Cheap
Uncle Sam’s Growing Student Loan Portfolio