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Views from the Street on NSA Activities and Liberty (1/6)
Average people on the streets of Washington, DC share their views on the NSA surveillance controversy and whether or not they think these actions infringe or promote our liberty. http://www.brooki...

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Rand Paul My Reaction To Judge Ruling NSA Spying On Americans Illegal Is He #39;s Exactly Right
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Views from the Street on NSA Activities and Liberty (6/6)
Average people on the streets of Washington, DC share their views on the NSA surveillance controversy and whether or not they think these actions infringe or promote our liberty. http://www.brooki...

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April 2014 Breaking News Do you use Google or Yahoo? NSA Intercepts Google And Yahoo Traffic
April 2014 Breaking News Do you use Google or Yahoo? NSA Intercepts Google And Yahoo Traffic Overseas - Last days final hour News Prophecy update Published: October 30, 2013 The National...

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In a blog post, White House cybersecurity coordinator Michael Daniel discussed how the U.S. National Security Agency decides whether to keep a cyber security flaw secret, or disclose it to the public.

TORONTO In a bid to make citizens more confident about how the U.S. National Security Agency operates, the agency has revealed that some cyber vulnerabilities are kept secretin the interest of national security.

In a blog post, White House cybersecurity coordinator Michael Daniel discussed how the U.S. National Security Agency decides whether to keep a cyber security flaw secret, or disclose it to the public.

Disclosing a vulnerability can mean that we forego an opportunity to collect crucial intelligence that could thwart a terrorist attack, stop the theft of our nations intellectual property, or even discover more dangerous vulnerabilities that are being used by hackers or other adversaries to exploit our networks, read the blog.

The blog directly references reports that the NSA knew about and exploited the recently discovered Heartbleed bug a flaw in OpenSSL which made it possible for hackers to snoop on encrypted Internet traffic.

READ MORE: NSA knew about, exploited Heartbleed bug to gather intelligence

In early April, Bloomberg reported that the NSA decided to keep the major vulnerability secret in the interest of national security. Both the White House and the NSA have denied these claims.

In the blog, Daniel said that building a huge stockpile of undisclosed vulnerabilities would not be in the interest of national security or U.S. citizens but, he goes on to say that collecting some vulnerabilities provides a way to conduct intelligence collection in order to protect national security.

Weighing these tradeoffs is not easy, and so we have established principles to guide agency decision-making in this area, the blog read.

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NSA reveals some cyber security flaws are left secret

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The massive National Security Agency data center about 25 miles south of Salt Lake City is using far less water than expected, utility records obtained by The Salt Lake Tribune show.

Records from the city of Bluffdale, which sells water to the facility, show monthly water use at the $1.7 billion data center peaked last July at 6.2 million gallons. Thats well below what the 1 million gallons a day that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers predicted the center would need to cool its computer processers.

Water records from January 2012 through February 2012 show the centers use has fluctuated, consuming more water in summer months as temperatures rise. The centers December bill showed 3.8 million gallons were consumed. In January, water consumption rose to nearly 4.9 million gallons before falling in February to about 2.8 million gallons.

With those numbers so far below what engineers predicted, it raises questions about to what degree the center is operational. NSA officials have refused to say if the center is up and running after its scheduled opening last October was stalled by electrical problems.

NSA spokeswoman Vanee Vines did not respond to messages seeking comment Tuesday.

I would guess that its not up and fully running, James Bamford, the author of several books on the NSA who in 2012 wrote about the Utah center in Wired magazine, told The Associated Press on Tuesday. The difference between what they were planning and what they are actually using is magnitudes of difference.

That makes it logical to assume the center is not fully operational and may be having further problems, Bamford said.

Its not likely that initial estimates about how much water the center would need were wrong, he said.

Building a data center is not very unique, Bamford said. Theyve done it many times all over the country, and Im sure they can judge how much water will be used.

Records show the NSA has made contract-required minimum monthly payments to the city, which were about $29,000 a month in July and increased to about $32,000 a month in January 2014.

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NSA Surveillance Panel 1
Rainey Reitman of Electronic Frontier Foundation speaks about the NSA.

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NSA Surveillance 2
Chris Conley of the ACLU discusses the NSA surveillance program.

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MVI 1847 Obama #39;s NSA Denies FOIA About MH 370!
Folks this is scary, this is really, really scary, why would Obama #39;s NSA deny Dr Taitz request under FOIA, about MH Flight 370. http://www.dcclothesline.com/...

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German opposition says US should destroy Merkel #39;s NSA file
The German opposition is urging Chancellor Angela Merkel to pressure US President Barack Obama into destroying her NSA file. A leading opposition politician has told reporters that the destruction...

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