NSA collecting phone records of millions of Americans daily

[Soulless65]

The National Security Agency is currently collecting the telephone records of millions of US customers of Verizon, one of America's largest telecoms providers, under a top secret court order issued in April.

The order, a copy of which has been obtained by the Guardian, requires Verizon on an "ongoing, daily basis" to give the NSA information on all telephone calls in its systems, both within the US and between the US and other countries.

The document shows for the first time that under the Obama administration the communication records of millions of US citizens are being collected indiscriminately and in bulk – regardless of whether they are suspected of any wrongdoing.

The secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (Fisa) granted the order to the FBI on April 25, giving the government unlimited authority to obtain the data for a specified three-month period ending on July 19.

Under the terms of the blanket order, the numbers of both parties on a call are handed over, as is location data, call duration, unique identifiers, and the time and duration of all calls. The contents of the conversation itself are not covered.

The disclosure is likely to reignite longstanding debates in the US over the proper extent of the government's domestic spying powers.

Revealed: NSA collecting phone records of millions of Americans daily USA USA USA

 

[Oddball]

Can't even imagine the amount of screeching from the lolberals it was BOOOOSH! doing this....And I can imagine an awful lot.

 

[Avatar4321]

I'd love to say I am shocked. But sadly Im not.

I pity the fool who has to listen to my phone conversations. Not exactly the height of excitement.

 

[Soulless65]

I'd love to say I am shocked. But sadly Im not.

I pity the fool who has to listen to my phone conversations. Not exactly the height of excitement.

Same here all they would here is me bitching about video games and Pro wrestling

Oh by the by Avatar are you a fan of the cartoon are you just liked the picture and put it as your um well Avatar?

 

[Godboy]

If it saves lives, I've got no problem with it. I've got nothing to hide.

 

[Avatar4321]

I'd love to say I am shocked. But sadly Im not.

I pity the fool who has to listen to my phone conversations. Not exactly the height of excitement.

Same here all they would here is me bitching about video games and Pro wrestling

Oh by the by Avatar are you a fan of the cartoon are you just liked the picture and put it as your um well Avatar?

Fan. Though I had my screen name before the show came out. Last time I thought I needed a change i figured, why not use Aang.

I wont be using any of those blue things from the movie with a similiar name.

 

[Avatar4321]

If it saves lives, I've got no problem with it. I've got nothing to hide.

I don't have anything to hide either. But I dont want the government listening to my phone calls either. Especially when the government consists of people who I routinely speak out against.

 

[TheSeventhTiger]

guess we will have to create our own languages between friends/family. I heard about this as well, they will be using "Keywords" when investigating.

 

[TheSeventhTiger]

so much for calling all of those 1-800 and 1-900 numbers to miss cleo and very nice ladies.

 

[LoneLaugher]

If it saves lives, I've got no problem with it. I've got nothing to hide.

That is nuts. That is what apologists say.

Even though nobody is actually listening to calls.....and the shit is legal....it is bullshit and the data mining is an invasion of privacy.

If they have a suspect nd then get a warrant....no problem. But the fishing is bullshit.

Condoning it is bullshit.


And Tiger......you still ain't funny. Keep trying.

 

[dilloduck]

If it saves lives, I've got no problem with it. I've got nothing to hide.

How about if they use it to dig up dirty laundry on political opponents ? And how are you going to know what they did/do with it ?

 

[TheSeventhTiger]

so how does collecting trillions of phone calls prevent a lunatic from making a bomb with a pressure cooker?

 

[LoneLaugher]

Great question, Tiger. Is it a riddle?

Maybe you should try to be The Riddler instead of The Joker!

 

[Oddball]

If it saves lives, I've got no problem with it. I've got nothing to hide.

You are officially fucking insane.

 

[francoHFW]

Only collecting numbers called, and AGAIN, latest news is this whole thing is a renewal, every 3 months, of a policy in place for the last SEVEN YEARS. ANOTHER BS Pub "scandal"...

 

[Lakhota]

Fox News confirmed that the NSA and FBI began this in 2007 - under Bush. What are wingnuts afraid of?

 

[dblack]

Fox News confirmed that the NSA and FBI began this in 2007 - under Bush. What are wingnuts afraid of?

Bush began it. Obama keeps the ball rolling. Are you defending it? (Not every issue is partisan)

 

[TheSeventhTiger]

and how come every scandal always winds up starting under Bush/Reagan/Nixon or Quayle?

 

[skookerasbil]

Fox News confirmed that the NSA and FBI began this in 2007 - under Bush. What are wingnuts afraid of?

LOL.....what a jackass. This isnt a partisan thing you fucking gonad!!


Doesnt matter who sits in that chair in the fucking oval office........we're getting fucked and that includes you dummy..........

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[TheSeventhTiger]

So if all of the 2012/2013 scandals originated under Bush, then why didn't Bambi put a stop to them in 2009?