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• "documents from the NSA - described "Boundless Informant"  !"

 

 

 

 

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• "a datamining - tool !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the top-secret documents described - amount of information !"

 

 

 

 

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• "computer - and telephone networks !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "with details - and maps - by country !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the documents described - 3 billion pieces !"

 

 

 

 

• "from US computer networks - over a 30-day period !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "at a hearing of the - Senate intelligence committee - Democratic senator Ron Wyden !"

 

 

 

 

• "had asked James Clapper - the director of national intelligence !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "did the NSA - collect any type of data at all - on millions of US-Americans ?!"

 

 

 

 

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• "no - sir !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "replied - Clapper !"

 

 

 

 

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• "they often claimed - that it was not possible - to provide even a rough estimate !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edward Snowden - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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• "Edward Snowden reveals himself - as the whistleblower - of the leaks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "( technical assistant - CIA ! )"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "( outside contractor - NSA - private company - Booz Allen Hamilton ! )"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "his sole motive is - to inform the public !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "as to that which was done - in their name !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "so that the focus is - on these documents !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "and the debate - among citizens - around the globe !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "privacy - Internet freedom - and basic liberties !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

• "for people - around the world !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "must not be endangered - through surveillance !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "he realised that he had been - part of something - that was not good !"

 

 

 

 

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• "once he saw their net - it was just a matter of time - before he chose to act !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "democracy - must not be threatened !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "there must be - public oversight !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

• "Edward Snowden is quiet - smart - easy-going - and self-effacing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "a master on computers - he seems happiest when talking - about the technical side !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "at a level of detail - comprehensible only to specialists !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "but he shows intense passion - when talking about the - value of privacy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "and that it must not - be eroded !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "he carefully evaluated - every single document !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "to ensure that each was legitimately - in the public interest !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "his goal is - transparency !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interview with Edward Snowden - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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• "the majority of communications - were automatically ingested !"

 

 

 

 

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• "if he had wanted to see the - emails - or phones - of a certain person !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "all he had to do - was use intercepts !"

 

 

 

 

 

• "then he could get the emails - of this person !"

 

 

 

 

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• "passwords - phone records - and credit cards !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "he does not want to live - in a society - where everything !"

 

 

 

 

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• "he does - and says - was recorded !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question: - "is it possible to put security - in place ?!"

 

• "yes - it is possible - to protect against surveillance !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

• "and to develop new technologies - that protect !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "they had planted a bug - in a machine !"

 

 

 

 

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• "once a person went on the network - his machine could be identified !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Question: - "four men spoke after an intelligence conference - they had attended !"

 

• "one of them said - that both the reporter - and leaker should be - "disappeared"  ?!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "that was not - "unusual"  !"

 

 

 

 

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• "for them - that was how they talked !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "they did not call for - due process - they called for - decisive action !"

 

 

 

 

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• "in general - they had an - authoritarian mindset !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

private Contractor - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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• "the private company - Booz Allen Hamilton !"

 

 

 

 

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• "described "improved - public safety - with analytics"  !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "large amount - of collected data !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the "Washington Post" estimated - that about a third - with top secret !"

 

 

 

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• "security clearances - were private contractors !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Programme - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

 

• "documents from the NSA - described a secret order !"

 

 

 

 

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• "Verizon Communications - a mobile phone provider !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "its call records - for a three-month period !"

 

 

 

 

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• "documents described - mobile phone providers - AT&T - and Sprint !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "documents described - the programme - "Prism"  !"

 

 

 

 

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• "data from the servers - of nine Internet companies !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "these include - Google - Facebook - Microsoft - Yahoo - AOL - and Apple !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "documents described - metadata - "Boundless Informant"  !"

 

 

 

 

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• "categorised communications records - rather than the content of a message itself !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "legal safeguards - and political oversight !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "must not lag behind - technological change !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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NSA - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ NSA

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Edward Snowden - der Standard: LINK ¤ der STANDARD

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