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Obama plans new limits on NSA surveillance I #39;ll be proposing some self restraint on the NSA MUST S
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Obama to reveal curbs on NSA SPY programmes MUST SEE
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The NSA GCHQ = Criminal Cyber-Terrorist organisations.
The NSA GCHQ are nothing more than Cyber-Terrorist groups. These guys commit more online crime than the rest of the world combined. SHUT THEM DOWN! PRISM - http://www.2shared.com/document/1NiK3Q...

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A panel of federal judges voiced significant concerns Tuesday about the privacy implications of NSA surveillance tactics during a wide-ranging hearing on a legal challenge brought by the ACLU.

In an oral argument that was set for less than 30 minutes and lasted nearly two hours, three judges on a panel hearing the case at the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan probed claims by the ACLU that the federal government's collection of data relating to "every phone call made or received by residents of the United States" is illegal and unconstitutional.

The ACLU appeal challenged a lower courts decision to uphold the NSA's mass bulk data collection of phone records.

Judges Gerard Lynch and Vernon Broderick were appointed by President Obama. Judge Robert Sack was appointed by President Clinton. At some point, each expressed significant concern about the privacy implications of allowing the federal government broad access to a wide range of information without any specific suspicion of wrongdoing.

Assistant Attorney General Stuart Delery first argued that federal courts do not have jurisdiction to review disputes regarding the NSA program. In addition, Delery argued the program is constitutional and has been repeatedly renewed by Congress.

Lynch asked how well briefed members of Congress were before voting, and questioned how much they understood about the program. At one point, Sack chimed in, "We don't know what we don't know"about NSA operations.

Lynch and Broderick both questioned why the government's justification for the bulk phone data collection program would not also extend to bank records, credit card transactions and other personal data. Lynch asked if the government's argument would not also entitle it to access "every American's everything."

Both sides acknowledged that President Obama has publicly stated that there are other ways to get the relevant intelligence, short of the sweeping NSA bulk data collection program that now exists.

That prompted Lynch to ask, if that was the case, why government attorneys were there to argue otherwise.

The panel also discussed the need for federal agencies such as the FBI and NSA to be able to move quickly when connecting dots on the intelligence landscape, acknowledging that having bulk data already at its disposal would speed the process.

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Judges raise privacy concerns about NSA tactics

There is no doubt that the Visa Waiver Program merits a national discussion free from partisan politics. Terrorists have already used the VWP to gain access to soft targets. Whether additional security measures would have prevented their entry is the $64 million question.

Recent U.S. history paints a clear picture of abuses by law enforcement and intelligence agencies, often with the approval of politicians. Despite paternalistic assurances that Americans have no reason to fear their own government, caution is warranted.

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The National Security Agencys collection of phone records, challenged by the American Civil Liberties Union as an illegal government attempt to put millions of Americans under permanent surveillance, drew skeptical questions from a federal appeals court.

A three-judge panel in New York heard arguments today in the ACLUs appeal of a lower-court ruling that the program is legal. Stuart Delery, the Justice Department lawyer defending the collection of call data, faced skeptical questions from the judges, including one on whether the government can also collect peoples bank records.

I just dont understand the argument as to whats so special about telephone records that makes them so valuable, so uniquely interactive or whatever, that the same arguments youre making dont apply to every record in the hands of a third-party business entity of every Americans everything, U.S. Circuit Judge Gerard Lynch told Delery.

The ACLU suit, filed in June 2013, is one of several challenging the NSAs data collection program first revealed by former contractor Edward Snowden. A U.S. district judge in Washington called the program almost Orwellian in a December ruling and said it probably violates constitutional privacy rights. The Obama administration is appealing.

The NSA collects information about calls made and received on major U.S. telephone networks, including the phone numbers of callers and recipients, and the time and length of calls. The government claims it uses the information to uncover U.S. contacts of international terrorist organizations.

While the collection is indeed broad, the scope of counterterrorism investigations is unprecedented, District Judge William H. Pauley III wrote in the Dec. 27 decision under consideration by the panel. The question of whether that program should be conducted is for the other two coordinate branches of government to decide.

In addition to Lynch, a former prosecutor, defense lawyer and law professor appointed to the appeals court by President Barack Obama, the panel consisted of Judges Robert Sack, appointed by President Bill Clinton, and U.S. District Judge Vernon Broderick, who was appointed by Obama and is sitting on the panel by designation.

The ACLU argued that the program isnt authorized by the Patriot Act, a law passed after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that expanded the governments surveillance and data collection. It also argued the program violates the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which protects against unreasonable searches and seizures.

The governments legal theories are a road map to a world in which the government routinely collects vast quantities of information about Americans who have done absolutely nothing wrong, ACLU lawyer Alex Abdo said today in court.

The government argued in court papers that investigators review only data related to contacts within one or two steps of a suspected terrorist, a small percentage of the records it collects. The U.S. argued that the ACLU and other nonprofit groups challenging the NSA program lack legal standing because they cant show that their telephone data were actually reviewed by the government.

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ICREACH: NSA Built A Google Of Americans #39; Info
The Intercept published an article Monday profiling what the online publication called NSA #39;s very own Google of personal data. Follow Cliff Judy: http://www....

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Welcome to NSA Souda Bay: What to Bring
Congratulations on your assignment to NSA Souda Bay. This video will give you a few tips on what to bring to your new assignment.

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NSA Uses Secret Search Engine to Look Up Your Info
Edward Snowden reveals new Google like search engine that Intelligence Agencies use to find Americans Information. DARPA comes out and admits to mass data co...

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