Documents: U.S. mining data from 9 leading Internet firms; companies deny knowledge

Documents: U.S. mining data from 9 leading Internet firms; companies deny knowledge

www.washingtonpost.com

The National Security Agency and the FBI are tapping directly into the central servers of nine leading U.S. Internet companies, extracting audio and video chats, photographs, e-mails, documents, and connection logs that enable analysts to track one target or trace a whole network of associates, according to a top-secret document obtained by The Washington Post.

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Internet services, surprised? Nope. While, of course, it doesn't end with one cell phone company, nor certain net services. Well, there you go, more confirmation of what is going on. However, Washington post brining forth this "top-secret" information, now that is interesting- wikipedia states that it's not the Liberal source it once was.

Could not find this already posted with search, etc., apologies if shared.



www.washingtonpost.com
(visit the link for the full news article)

NSA slides explain the PRISM data-collection program

Also, linked to OP...

Through a top-secret program authorized by federal judges working under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), the U.S. intelligence community can gain access to the servers of nine Internet companies for a wide range of digital data. Documents describing the previously undisclosed program, obtained by The Washington Post, show the breadth of U.S. electronic surveillance capabilities in the wake of a widely publicized controversy over warrantless wiretapping of U.S. domestic telephone communications in 2005.

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