From the Washington Post:
Also, check out this series of graphics that explains just how it works and who's involved.
If you really want to get your blood pressure up, read the whole article -- it's a combination play by the NSA, the Bush and Obama administrations, Congress, and the courts. It's too lengthy and detailed to summarize here, and there are links to related articles -- WaPo has been on this one for a while (and it's nice to see WaPo actually committing journalism).
And of course, it's all under the battle-cry of "National Security!!1!eleventy!"
Assholes.
The Guardian also has a story.
Here's a reaction from the editorial board of NYT. Also worth a read.
Update: Also read Digby, here. It's not "open and transparent" if the American people don't know what you're doing.
And another comment from Digby:
See my comment above about who knows what.
Update II: It seems Glen Greenwald broke the story in the Guardian.
The National Security Agency and the FBI are tapping directly into the central servers of nine leading U.S. Internet companies, extracting audio and video chats, photographs, e-mails, documents, and connection logs that enable analysts to track foreign targets, according to a top-secret document obtained by The Washington Post.
The program, code-named PRISM, has not been made public until now. It may be the first of its kind. The NSA prides itself on stealing secrets and breaking codes, and it is accustomed to corporate partnerships that help it divert data traffic or sidestep barriers. But there has never been a Google or Facebook before, and it is unlikely that there are richer troves of valuable intelligence than the ones in Silicon Valley.
Equally unusual is the way the NSA extracts what it wants, according to the document: “Collection directly from the servers of these U.S. Service Providers: Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, PalTalk, AOL, Skype, YouTube, Apple.”
Also, check out this series of graphics that explains just how it works and who's involved.
If you really want to get your blood pressure up, read the whole article -- it's a combination play by the NSA, the Bush and Obama administrations, Congress, and the courts. It's too lengthy and detailed to summarize here, and there are links to related articles -- WaPo has been on this one for a while (and it's nice to see WaPo actually committing journalism).
And of course, it's all under the battle-cry of "National Security!!1!eleventy!"
Assholes.
The Guardian also has a story.
Here's a reaction from the editorial board of NYT. Also worth a read.
Update: Also read Digby, here. It's not "open and transparent" if the American people don't know what you're doing.
And another comment from Digby:
Someone should introduce Senator Feinstein to Senators Udall and Wyden because she just went on TV to explain that all of this is well known and that nobody in the government objects. It's all very above board, legal and by the book.
See my comment above about who knows what.
Update II: It seems Glen Greenwald broke the story in the Guardian.
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