Officials: NSA mistakenly intercepted emails, phone calls of innocent Americans

nbc ^ | 6/7 | isakoff

[RummyChick]

The National Security Agency has at times mistakenly intercepted the private email messages and phone calls of Americans who had no link to terrorism, requiring Justice Department officials to report the errors to a secret national security court and destroy the data, according to two former U.S. intelligence officials.

At least some of the phone calls and emails were pulled from among the hundreds of millions stored by telecommunications companies as part of an NSA surveillance program. James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, Thursday night publicly acknowledged what he called “a sensitive intelligence collection program” after its existence was disclosed by the Guardian newspaper.

[Black Agnes]

MISTAKENLY.

Um. Yeah.

[RummyChick]

The judges “were really upset about this,” said the former official. As a result, Attorney General Eric Holder pledged to the judges that the intelligence agencies would take steps to correct the problem as a condition of renewing the NSA’s surveillance program.

[Ann Archy]

They got ANYTHING ANTI-OBAMA and these people will NOT GET MEDICAL CARE under OBAMACARE!! BEWARE.....this is DANGEROUS STUFF.

[sargon]

The National Security Agency has at times mistakenly intercepted the private email messages and phone calls of Americans who had no link to terrorism, requiring Justice Department officials to report the errors to a secret national security court and destroy the data, according to two former U.S. intelligence officials.

Yep, they're getting right on that data destruction folks. They'll be taking care of that any moment now...

[cripplecreek]

Maxine Waters: ‘Obama Has Put In Place’ Secret Database With ‘Everything On Everyone’

[VRW Conspirator]

Oops, my bad!

[Steely Tom]

The National Security Agency has at times mistakenly intercepted the private email messages and phone calls of Americans who had no link to terrorism...

Oh yeah? Huh. Approximately how many times was that "mistake" made?

Any connection between those "mistake" intercepts and, say... oh just for instance... the targets of the "mistakes" being from a particular political party?

[Iron Munro]

So that's one of the ways they got to Chief Justice John Roberts.

Obama is the Joe Isuzu of politics.

[DustyMoment]

These surveillance reports are kind of disturbing. IMO, they represent a fundemental violation of the 4th Amendment but, more importantly, they represent how much freedom has been taken away from us with neither our knowledge or permission.

Our government is out-of-control and, if we don’t do something to get control over all these secret programs, we will find ourselves in a worse position than the Soviet Union. As it is, we’re not too far from it, now.

[ConservativeInPA]

One day 80 million constitution loving Americans are going to mistakenly arm themselves and over throw this tyranny.

[Mortrey]

They’re lying.

They’ve been threatened with compromising info garnered from PRISM themselves.

[hoosiermama]

Mistakenly ......my asz !

[sunrise_sunset]

You can’t destroy electronic data in any meaningful sense.

[maggief]

By Michael Isikoff National Investigative Correspondent, NBC News

National Kneepad Correspondent

[combat_boots]

“At least some”

Once you go over 3, you have ‘some.’

[combat_boots]

“They got ANYTHING ANTI-OBAMA and these people will NOT GET MEDICAL CARE under OBAMACARE!! BEWARE.....this is DANGEROUS STUFF.”

Have you read what care is being denied veterans? For being veterans?

You don’t have to be anti-0bama. You could have bought the wrong color toothbrush and be denied care or be audited or be followed.

Or you could flat out be killed or blown up. Or disappear.

This is what was selected. Twice.

It’s odd that they think themselves immune from what they are doing, no?

[Sgt_Schultze]

It’s only a mistake if they also “accidentally” delete information they meant to keep. If the error is always in favor of the government (as it is with employment numbers - always being revised down) then the act is intentional.

[mongo141]

Sure they did/S

[MaxMax]

We will find ourselves worse off eventually. What scares me is the talking heads on
T.V. who don't mind because they do nothing wrong. They think they've done nothing wrong
until their assertions become acceptable and the disease of fascism seeps into our lives and
destroys what once was the shining city on the hill. It has begun.

[RummyChick]

Gabriel Malor ‏@gabrielmalor 4m Dayum. Not six hours ago the President said, "Nobody is listening to your telephone calls." http://goo.gl/KSlmg

[RummyChick]

Sean Davis ‏@seanmdav 14m Old and busted: "Nobody's listening to your phone calls." New hotness: "We totally listened to your phone calls." http://openchannel.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/06/07/18831985-officials-nsa-mistakenly-intercepted-emails-phone-calls-of-innocent-americans …

[RummyChick]

This is going on all my threads

Look Obambi...I can't refresh Drudge fast enough to find out the lastest scandal

[Stormdog]

At what point do we consider prosecuting the government under the RICO statute?

[RummyChick]

Peter Dmitrienko ‏@curiouser_georg 33m @ggreenwald This story sounds like a plant to make it seem there are data collection safeguards: http://nbcnews.to/ZWNapj View summary

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks for posting this.

Maxine talked about this data base this past May.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIA1lQBqH1s

[Monkey Face]

And we, as intelligent, informed Americans, are expected to believe this clap-trap? Right. Got it.

NOT!!!!

[RummyChick]

http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-TV/2013/06/06/Fascism-Bob%20Beckel%20Explodes-At-Obama-Over-Deplorable-NSA-Phone-Records-Grab

‘Fascism’: Bob Beckel Explodes at Obama for ‘Deplorable’ NSA Phone Records Grab

[kiryandil]

Michael Isikoff, National Kneepad Correspondent

Good Lord! Now we've come full circle!

"Spikey" Isikoff is telling us to trust Das Gooberment. They wouldn't lie to us, nosiree! And Spikey's here to tell ya all about it!

[MasterGunner01]

This is total Bravo Sierra. Obama knew, Holder knew, the FBI knew, NSA knew. They're in bed together. How stupid do they think we are? Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice shame on me; fool me three times it's Executive Action.

[Hoodat]

The National Security Agency has at times mistakenly intercepted the private email messages and phone calls of Americans who had no link to terrorism . . .

This Administration isn't fishing for those linked to terrorism. It is fishing for those linked to the TEA Party, pro-Second Amendment, pro-Israel, etc. If they were doing this to avert terrorism in this country, then they would have been able to prevent the Ft. Hood massacre.

[Mygirlsmom]

Oopsies! Sorry....

[JPG]

Dear Citizen, please be aware that final approval for your surgical procedure is conditional on certification by the Email Czar that you have not slandered the state or its leaders in any emails you have authored. You will be notified promptly after the examination is completed. All decisions of the Czar are final and not subject to appeal. The Department Of State Security wishes you good health.

[Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears]

NSA Director claims agency does not have ability to intercept emails in U.S. (video)

[madison10]

Yeah, right...just like the IRS “mistakenly” targeted all those conservative groups.

[American Constitutionalist]

BULL DUKEY !

[dragnet2]

after its existence was disclosed by the Guardian newspaper.

How bad does this reek when we have to get the real news from foreign sources?

I can smell the rotting stench in D.C., from the west coast.

[Chaguito]

MISDIRECTION!!!

Controlled leaks, a la Clinton. They know nothing will be done about any of this, because all the snooping has plausible deniability built in for everyone.

Very frustrating

[Forgotten Amendments]

You know how naive FReepers always thought “Neocon” was an epithet used by anti-Semites?

Well, look at the GOP hacks who find nothing wrong with Big Brother checking everybody’s communications out. THOSE are your neocons!

Some are Jewish. Most are not. What they have in common is that they are totalitarians who are “conservative” only in that they were once anti-USSR and they now hate Obama.

[Charles Martel]

At what point do we consider prosecuting the government under the RICO statute?

Is Devil's Island available for lease?

[HollyB]

Then what is PRISM?

[Secret Agent Man]

no balls in congress anywhere to stand up to the lies being said right to their faces.

no balls. the gop-e is in it with the democrats. it’s the only rational reason why. they huff and puff a little for kabuki theatre, that’s it. noting is going to come of it, they will all make’sure of that.

[M Kehoe]

Wait a minute. I just read a thread that stated the NSA can't read American's e-mail...

Oh, here it is...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3028756/posts.

Our government is totally out of control. Can Concord or Lexington be far off?

5.56mm

[bikerman]

destroy the data

Suuurrreee they did, wink wink.

[RginTN]

Don’t fear govt tyranny- Obama sez!

[UCANSEE2]

destroy the data Suuurrreee they did, wink wink.

Well, technically they did. See... they destroyed the paper copies they printed out and had on their desk which would prove they were not 'tracking' terrorists, but political opponents and their supporters.

Without those 'printouts', no one can prove what phone numbers were selected, and what 'conversations' they had reconstructed from digital data.

[UCANSEE2]

You can’t destroy electronic data in any meaningful sense.

But you can destroy paper hardcopies which prove who you were spying on.

[Stormdog]

“Is Devil’s Island available for lease?”

I think that we’re going to need a bigger piece of real estate.

[tina07]

Just another wittle boo-boo, they’re so, so, so very sorry.

[tina07]

But Beckel supports EVERY other damn thing Obama...even after this he’s loyal to The One.