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• "at the begin he was actually - an analyst !"

 

 

 

 

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• "an individual - had been designated - for targeting !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "then he moved to overseeing these systems - and actively directed their use !"

 

 

 

 

 

• "he was exposed to information - about a previous program - like Stellar Wind ! - ( Bush )"

 

 

 

 

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• "it did cause a scandal - and was ended because of that !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - ( warrantless wire-tapping - in the US ! )"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "( it was a violation of the constitution - and law in the US ! )"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "that was really the earthquake moment - because it showed !"

 

 

 

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• "that the officials - who authorised this program - knew it was a problem !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "they knew - they did not had any statutory authorisation - for these programs !"

 

 

 

 

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• "but instead they assumed upon itself - in secret !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "they granted themselves - new authorities !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "but the citizenry of this country - must control them !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "only the democratic citizenry - could grant new executive powers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "there must be public awareness - and public consent !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "their senior officials - must not be shielded from - accountability !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "and must not be shielded from - oversight !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "their decisions - have consequences - to many !"

 

 

 

 

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• "there needs to be a public input - and a public debate !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "for example the Stasi in the DDR - was a disaster - in historic terms !"

 

 

 

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• "but at that time it thought - it would protect the nation - it would have to do such things !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the way the program Prism was - the relationship to these Internet companies !"

 

 

 

 

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• "the agency got access - to the content of their server !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "that did not mean the companies could - or the agency could - let themselves in !"

 

 

 

 

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• "what it meant was Facebook - was allowing the agency !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "to get copies - of the Facebook messages !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the NSA would like to be able - to intercept these communications !"

 

 

 

 

• "and the adoption of encryption - is making this harder !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "a NSA analyst - that was looking for raw signals intelligence !"

 

 

 

 

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• "realised that the majority - of the communications !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "in their databases - were not the communications of one target !"

 

 

 

 

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• "they were the communications - of ordinary people !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "of neighbours - of neighbours’ friends - of relations !"

 

 

 

 

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• "they were private moments - of their lives !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "records of their activities - seized without any reason !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "many of the people - searched through the haystacks - were younger guys !"

 

 

 

 

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• "and 20 to 25 - years old !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "they had suddenly been thrust into a position - of extraordinary responsibility !"

 

 

 

 

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• "which they could not - achieve !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "they had the private records - and could do what they wanted !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "they were in a vaulted space - where people had sort of similar clearances !"

 

 

 

 

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• "and knew each other - it was a small world !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

• "he had walked in and out - with all of their private records !"

 

 

 

 

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• "what did that say - about their auditing ?! - they did not even know !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "they expected - no consequences !"

 

 

 

 

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• "they not expected - to be held to account !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "worked in the community - he often saw things - that were troubling !"

 

 

 

 

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• "he raised concerns - about these programs - regularly and widely !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "to more than 10 discreet colleagues - that he had worked with - both laterally and vertically !"

 

 

 

 

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• "he went to them - and he showed them these programmes - and said !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "what did you think - about this ?! - was this unusual ?! - how could this be done ?!"

 

 

 

 

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• "was not this - unconstitutional ?!  - was not this a - violation of rights ?!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "they answered - you were right !"

 

 

 

 

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• "that crossed a line - but you really should not say something about that - because of your career !"

 

 

 

 

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• "and the press should better not learn - about these programmes !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "when he heard about the Guardian’s hard drive - first off he had to admit !"

 

 

 

 

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• "he kind of clapped his hands - this was stupid !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "he was shocked that the UK agents - would go so far - for so little !"

 

 

 

 

 

• "in what kind of country - did agents basically bust into a newsroom ?!"

 

 

 

 

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• "and demanded the destruction - of journalistic material ?!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "a back door in a communications system - in an Internet system - in an encryption standard !"

 

 

 

 

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• "that back door - could be discovered - by anyone !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "we need new security programs - to protect them !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "any communications - that are transmitted over the Internet - over any networked line !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "should be encrypted - by default !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "technology can be compatible - with privacy - absolutely !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "technology can actually - increase privacy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "any new technology when applied at scale - when networked !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "basically creates a new mesh of sensors - in our lives - that detect something !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "as we increase our level of sophistication - about the challenges represented by new technologies !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "we can balance the capabilities - of these technologies !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "with protections - that are engineered in them !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "to make sure that these details about ourselves - about our lives - about the way we live !"

 

 

 

 

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• "are only seen by those - that should truly have access to them !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "if we want to live - in open - and liberal societies !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "we need to have safe spaces - where we can experiment with new thoughts - new ideas !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "and where we can discover - what it is - we really think !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "and what we really believe in - without being judged !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "we need more oversight - of intelligence !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "in every western government - and all over the world !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "we need to think of it - in terms of literacy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "because technology - is a new system - of communication !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "it is a new set of symbols - that people have to intuitively - understand !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "public policies have to regulate - intelligence agencies !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "we should have some kind of - civil protection !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "some kind of civil actions - that provide for recourse !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

• "and the review - of companies’ use of - data !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "and we need to have at least - a broad social agreement !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "about where these lines - should be drawn !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "we do not want to see a fragmentation - of the Internet - that would not serve anybody !"

 

 

 

 

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• "we need common protocols - that protect data !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "that protect communications - regardless of the jurisdiction - through which they transmit !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "democracy - is the best - and most sustainable model !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "( those intelligence officials - who were arguing otherwise !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "had their own interests - in mind ! )"

 

 

 

 

 

• "in what kind of society - do we want to live in ?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "there must not be - dragnet surveillance !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "( of both legitimate targets - and everyone else ! )"

 

 

 

 

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• "( that would be a - security state ! )"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "we do not want to live - in a controlled society !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "we want to live - in a free society !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the profession of journalists - has special obligations !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

• "journalists - must be particularly - protected !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the professionals of lawyers - doctors - investigators !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "and even accountants - must also be particularly - protected !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "anyone who has an obligation - to protect the privacy interests - of their clients !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "we need new professional training - and new professional standards !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "to make sure that we have mechanisms - to ensure that the average member - of our society !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "can have a reasonable measure of faith - in the skills of the members - of these professions !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "we need to recognise that people - have an individual right - to privacy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

• "but they also have - a collective right - to privacy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Guardian Newspaper - AP: LINK ¤ ASSOCIATED PRESS

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• "the Guardian newspaper - responded to threats from British agents - and an aide of Cameron !"

 

 

 

 

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• "destroyed one copy of the data - a month after it first published details - from the top secret documents !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the NSA emails - showed that senior intelligence officials - were notified before !"

 

 

 

 

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• "good news - at least on this front !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the NSA deputy director Richard Ledgett - said at the end of an email to Keith Alexander and others !"

 

 

 

 

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• "the subject of that email was - "Guardian data being destroyed"  !"

 

 

 

 

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• "one Guardian's hard drive - was destroyed the day after - Ledgett's email !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Internet - the Intercept: LINK ¤ the INTERCEPT

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• "the GCHQ had an - Internet program !"

 

 

 

 

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• "the documents described covert tools - for Internet information !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "that should manipulate - or distort online political discourse !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the program "UNDERPASS" - described change outcome of online polls !"

 

 

 

 

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• "the program "BADGER" - described mass delivery of email messaging !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "supported an information operations - campaign !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the program "SILVERLORD" - described disruption of video-based websites !"

 

 

 

 

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• "hosted extremist content - through concerted target discovery !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the program "MINIATURE HERO" - described active skype capability !"

 

 

 

 

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• "provision of real time call records - SkypeOut and SkypetoSkype - also contact lists !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the program "SPRING BISHOP" - described private photographs of targets on Facebook !"

 

 

 

 

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• "the program "ANGRY PIRATE" - described a tool disabled a target’s account on its computer !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the program "GATEWAY" - described artificially increase traffic to a website !"

 

 

 

 

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• "the program "SLIPSTREAM" - described inflate page views on a website !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the program "CHANGELING" - described spoof an email address and send email under that identity !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the document said at last - this should not be treated like a catalogue !"

 

 

 

 

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• "if one did not see it here - it did not mean they could not build it !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UK's Data Law - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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• "the UK’s data retention and investigatory powers - Drip - law !"

 

 

 

 

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• "went from announcement to enactment - in only eight days !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "months ago - the European court of justice stated !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "that blanket - indiscriminate data retention - and mass surveillance !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "infringe - human rights !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "and are not necessary - and proportionate !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"