NSA

Obama Expands Surveillance Powers On His Way Out

January 16, 2017 Kate Tummarello, www.eff.org Educate! Barack Obama, NSA, spying, Surveillance

By Kate Tummarello for EFF - With mere days left before President-elect Donald Trump takes the White House, President Barack Obama’s administration just finalized rules to make it easier for the nation’s intelligence agencies to share unfiltered information about innocent people. New rules issued by the Obama administration under Executive Order 12333 will let the NSA—which collects information under that authority with little oversight, transparency, or concern for privacy—share the raw streams of communications it intercepts directly with agencies including the FBI, the DEA, and the Department of Homeland Security, according to a report today by the New York Times.

Newsletter: The Immense Power We Must Confront

January 14, 2017 Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, www.PopularResistance.org Newsletter Barack Obama, CIA, Donald Trump, FBI, Military Industrial Complex, NSA, Wars and Militarism

By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers for Popular Resistance. Fifty-six years ago on January 17, 1961 President Eisenhower warned "In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists, and will persist." JFK with Jackie Kennedy and Governor Connolly just before he was assassinatedThis was followed by the assassination of JFK, which now has been exposed as involving members of the military and intelligence agencies; the massive Vietnam War, constant regime change operations, the growth of the US military and intelligence budgets and never-ending wars since 9/11. The military and intelligence agencies have grown tremendously.

Trump Dossier Should Be Treated Skeptically But Taken Seriously

January 14, 2017 Jim Naureckas, www.fair.org Educate! CIA, Donald Trump, Eisenhower, FBI, Military Industrial Complex, NSA

By Jim Naureckas for FAIR. But as the document circulated behind the scenes, a funny thing happened: People in governmental positions seemed to be taking it seriously. Senators Harry Reid (D.–Nevada) and John McCain (R.–Ariz.) both pushed the FBI to investigate the report’s charges of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian intelligence—Reid before Trump’s election, McCain afterwards. In October 2016, the FBI obtained a warrant from the secret FISA court authorizing an investigation into charges contained in the report. And in January 2017, Trump, President Obama and congressional leaders were given a summary of the report’s charges, which Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said was done in order to “ensure that policymakers are provided with the fullest possible picture of any matters that might affect national security.”

Snowden Document Reveals What NSA Knew About Previous Russian Hacking

December 31, 2016 Sam Biddle, www.theintercept.com Educate! Edward Snowden, Hacking, NSA, Russia

By Sam Biddle for The Intercept - TO DATE, THE only public evidence that the Russian government was responsible for hacks of the DNC and key Democratic figures has been circumstantial and far short of conclusive, courtesy of private research firms with a financial stake in such claims. Multiple federal agencies now claim certainty about the Kremlin connection, but they have yet to make public the basis for their beliefs. Now, a never-before-published top-secret document provided by whistleblower Edward Snowden suggests the NSA has a way of collecting evidence of Russian hacks, because the agency tracked a similar hack before in the case of a prominent Russian journalist, who was also a U.S. citizen.

NSA Watchdog Removed For Whistleblower Retaliation

December 16, 2016 Adam Zagorin, www.pogo.org Educate! NSA, Whistleblowers

By Adam Zagorin for POGO - Until just a few months ago, George Ellard occupied a position of trust as top watchdog of the National Security Agency, America’s principal collector of signals intelligence. Ellard was not only NSA’s Inspector General, but an outspoken critic of Edward Snowden, the former contract employee who leaked hundreds of thousands of classified emails to publicly expose the agency’s domestic surveillance program. Snowden claimed, among other things, that his concerns about NSA’s domestic eavesdropping were ignored by the agency, and that he feared retaliation. Ellard publicly argued in 2014 that Snowden could have safely reported the allegations of NSA’s domestic surveillance directly to him.

New Leak May Show If You Were Hacked By The NSA

November 3, 2016 Dan Goodin, www.arstechnica.com Resist! Hacking, NSA

By Dan Goodin for ARS Technica - Shadow Brokers—the name used by a person or group that created seismic waves in August when it published some of the National Security Agency's most elite hacking tools—is back with a new leak that the group says reveals hundreds of organizations targeted by the NSA over more than a decade. "TheShadowBrokers is having special trick or treat for Amerikanskis tonight," said the Monday morning post, which was signed by the same encryption key used in the August posts.

Snowden 2.0: NSA Contractor Arrested For Stealing Malware

October 6, 2016 Staff, www.rt.com Resist! Edward Snowden, NSA, Whistleblowers

By Staff of RT - The FBI "secretly arrested” a National Security Agency contractor on suspicion of stealing and revealing malware the NSA used to hack foreign governments, according to The Justice Department. NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden confirmed the existence of the malware, which was leaked in August. Portions of the classified computer codes used by the NSA were posted online, with hacking group “ShadowBrokers” offering the full program up for sale. US officials have blamed the hack on Russia

The NSA’s British Base At The Heart Of U.S. Targeted Killing

September 8, 2016 Ryan Gallagher, www.theintercept.com Educate! NSA, TARGETED KILLINGS

By Ryan Gallagher for The Intercept - THE NARROW ROADS are quiet and winding, surrounded by rolling green fields and few visible signs of life beyond the occasional herd of sheep. But on the horizon, massive white golf ball-like domes protrude from the earth, protected behind a perimeter fence that is topped with piercing razor wire. Here, in the heart of the tranquil English countryside, is the National Security Agency’s largest overseas spying base. Once known only by the code name Field Station 8613, the secret base — now called Menwith Hill Station — is located about nine miles west of the small town of Harrogate in North Yorkshire

Evidence Points To Another Snowden At The NSA

August 23, 2016 James Bamford, www.Reuters.com Resist! Edward Snowden, NSA, Whistleblowers

By James Bamford for Reuters - In the summer of 1972, state-of-the-art campaign spying consisted of amateur burglars, armed with duct tape and microphones, penetrating the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee. Today, amateur burglars have been replaced by cyberspies, who penetrated the DNC armed with computers and sophisticated hacking tools. Where the Watergate burglars came away empty-handed and in handcuffs, the modern- day cyber thieves walked away with tens of thousands of sensitive political documents and are still unidentified.

Latest NSA Hack Might Reveal Ugly Side Of US Spying, Snowden Says

August 18, 2016 Jose Pagliery, www.money.cnn.com Educate! Edward Snowden, NSA, spying

By Jose Pagliery for CNN Money - Over the weekend, a mysterious group called "The Shadow Brokers" leaked what appear to behacking tools that the U.S. National Security Agency uses to spy on people. This bundle of computer code is about three years old. But it's still dangerous, since it puts a high-tech military arsenal online within reach of all kinds of criminals. They can use these tools to rob banks, steal government secrets or expose personal lives.

Edward Snowden Travels The World

July 4, 2016 Andrew Rice, www.nymag.com Resist! Edward Snowden, NSA, Whistleblowers

By Andrew Rice for NY Magazine - Edward Snowden lay on his back in the rear of a Ford Escape, hidden from view and momentarily unconscious, as I drove him to the Whitney museum one recent morning to meet some friends from the art world. Along West Street, clotted with traffic near the memorial pools of the World Trade Center, a computerized voice from my iPhone issued directions via the GPS satellites above. Snowden’s lawyer, Ben Wizner of the American Civil Liberties Union, was sitting shotgun, chattily recapping his client’s recent activities. For a fugitive wanted by the FBI for revealing classified spying programs who lives in an undisclosed location in Russia

‘State of Surveillance’ With Edward Snowden & Shane Smith

June 12, 2016 Vice, , www.news.vice.com Educate! Ed Snowden, NSA, Suveillance

For VICE. The full episode of VICE on HBO's 'State of Surveillance' is available to stream for free on VICE News. When NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden leaked details of massive government surveillance programs in 2013, he ignited a raging debate over digital privacy and security. That debate came to a head this year, when Apple refused an FBI court order to access the iPhone of alleged San Bernardino Terrorist Syed Farook. Meanwhile, journalists and activists are under increasing attack from foreign agents. To find out the government's real capabilities, and whether any of us can truly protect our sensitive information, VICE founder Shane Smith heads to Moscow to meet the man who started the conversation, Edward Snowden.

Snowden Leaks Have Changed How World Sees NSA Surveillance

June 7, 2016 Rainey Reitman, www.eff.org Educate! Edward Snowden, NSA, spying

By Rainey Reitman for EFF - Three years ago today, the world got powerful confirmation that the NSA was spying on the digital lives of hundreds of millions of innocent people. It started with a secret order written by the FISA court authorizing the mass surveillance of Verizon Business telephone records—an order that members of Congress quickly confirmed was similar to orders that had been issued every 3 months for years. Over the next year, we saw a steady drumbeat of damning evidence, creating a detailed, horrifying picture of an intelligence agency unrestrained by Congress and shielded from public oversight by a broken classification system.

Snowden Tried To Tell NSA About Surveillance Concerns

June 6, 2016 Jason Leopold, Marcy Wheeler, and Ky Henderson, www.news.vice.com Educate! Edward Snowden, NSA, Surveillance

By Jason Leopold, Marcy Wheeler, and Ky Henderson for Vice News - On the morning of May 29, 2014, an overcast Thursday in Washington, DC, the general counsel of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Robert Litt, wrote an email to high-level officials at the National Security Agency and the White House. The topic: what to do about Edward Snowden. Snowden's leaks had first come to light the previous June, when the Guardian's Glenn Greenwald and the Washington Post's Barton Gellman published stories based on highly classified documents provided to them by the former NSA contractor.

NSA Document Released: “Untangling The Internet”

June 2, 2016 JPat Brown, www.muckrock.com Educate! Internet, NSA

By JPat Brown for Muck Rock - The NSA has a well-earned reputation for being one of the tougher agencies to get records out of, making those rare FOIA wins all the sweeter. In the case of Untangling the Web, the agency’s 2007 guide to internet research, the fact that the records in question just so happen to be absolutely insane are just icing on the cake - or as the guide would put it, “the nectar on the ambrosia.” MuckRock’s Michael Morisy initially requested the guide after finding an entry on Google Books. A month later, the NSA responded with a complete release, minus the author’s names …

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