CIA/NSA above the law since 1975, long before the Snowden revelations

Posted by cklaus on Tuesday March 18, 2014 @02:24PM
from the mattstoller.tumblr.com dept.

http://mattstoller.tumblr.com/post/79503748901/in-1975-the-cia-director-told-congress-that-enemies-of

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Re:CIA/NSA above the law since 1975, long before the Snowden... by sp332 on Tuesday March 18, 2014 @02:29PM (#7423934)

We knew they were. But no one knew that they were spying on literally everyone all the time. There was no information that the NSA and British GCHQ were actively watching thousands and thousands of private yahoo video chats etc.

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Re:CIA/NSA above the law since 1975, long before the Snowden... by cklaus on Tuesday March 18, 2014 @02:31PM (#7423945)

It just shows that this a culture and organizational issue that has been going on for a very long time. Now, it's automated and scaled up.

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