Posted on 06/06/2013 7:10:52 PM PDT by kristinn
Analysts at the National Security Agency can now secretly access real-time user data provided by as many as 50 American companies, ranging from credit rating agencies to internet service providers, two government officials familiar with the arrangements said.
Several of the companies have provided records continuously since 2006, while others have given the agency sporadic access, these officials said. These officials disclosed the number of participating companies in order to provide context for a series of disclosures about the NSA's domestic collection policies. The officials, contacted independently, repeatedly said that "domestic collection" does not mean that the target is based in the U.S. or is a U.S. citizen; rather, it refers only to the origin of the data.
The Wall Street Journal reported today that U.S. credit card companies had also provided customer information. The officials would not disclose the names of the companies because, they said, doing so would provide U.S. enemies with a list of companies to avoid. They declined to confirm the list of participants in an internet monitoring program revealed by the Washington Post and the Guardian, but both confirmed that the program existed.
"The idea is to create a mosaic. We get a tip. We vet it. Then we mine the data for intelligence," one of the officials said.
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From the different types of data, including their credit card purchases, the locations they sign in to the internet from, and even local police arrest logs, the NSA can track people it considers terrorism or espionage suspects in near-real time. An internet geo-location cell is on constant standby to help analysts determine where a subject logs in from.
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Your point is what?
My God, Man! Can’t you realize rescue when you see it?!? Do you not just see the antidote just injected?
The black helicopter crowd is getting more validated every day.
Good God. Where the hell did you get the idea that I can’t see toe worm turning? That still does not erase his very CP history for crying out loud!
Suddenly the NUT is a defining news source we must thank God for?
Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). DIA is in charge of national security. NSA, I believe, reports to DIA. DIA also is in charge of launching our intelligence satellites. They also feed intel info to pilots and troops on the ground.
These are the guys who can see how many lumps of sugar you drop in your coffee.
I’ll further speculate that DIA has recordings of phone calls and email from the obuma administration.
If you haven't prepared for the coming storm, what are you waiting for everyone? The hour is getting late!
Toe worm turning or no, we finally see some EXTREME problems for zero that may well cut him off at the knees, if not force him out of office.
We all know what an egregious, hubristic asshole he is. Nobody here is defending him or challenging your accusations against him.
What some of us are seeing is a SIDS in poshitus. And we’re happy about it.
a tip can be made up at any time for’their convenience.
all it takes is anyone saying “i have a tip”.
Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears to Norm Lenhart
Prove there are no little purple dinosaurs living inside the moon.
See how it works? You can’t.
Now run along, you are wasting your time and mine. lol
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Why are you quoting someone else’s comment to me?
Do they use Kapow?
The misled individuals that form the media will have their day of regret. I don't need to see it to know they'll live it.
But we can't ignore our own part in this little play. The media is feeding us poop and we are eating it. They tickle our ears with their outrage and report on congressional hearings.
It's all BS.
So some. RINO says something we want to hear and the media reacts in a way we think we should....smoke and mirrors.
Well you just said no one was disputing me didn’t you? Seems someone is. Read our whole exchange and see if you call that any sort of agreement.
Government is way too big and too invasive. Better just to trust the humble Kenyan.
> Has the 4th amendment been violated?
BIG time. Just about every phone has GPS capabilities nowadays. That alone will tell you where someone is most of the time. If Apple gives them access to your account it would make it extremely easy for them.
SO... where does 1 find a list of the “50 companies”?
You can bet they are monitoring this website.
If you call overseas for business, I read today they definitely have you monitored.
Compare the pic of an undercover batfe agent (printed in Soldier of Fortune magazine; I have a copy) with that of McVeigh.
Dead ringers.
Phase 2 by the “silent service”?
If so, that’s something even the Chicago machine-community organizer-illegal occupant can’t outrun.
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