Well well. Anything beat down in Congress and the Senate that is oppressive to the peoples of the planet will keep rearing it's head.
While this was fought and stopped (or so we and the legislators thought) Bush's TIA program comes back under Obama. I'd ask why is the the worst things of one administration aren't ended with a stoke of a pen by the incoming President, when that is totally possible with a good number of things, but I know why. If nothing changes, then nothing changes. Vote NO CHANGE 2012. Scott http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/03/16/total-information-awareness-surveillance-program-returns-bigger-than-ever/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- IT MAY NOT BE WORTH WHILE FOR FINDING TERRORISTS BUT FOR FINDING DISSENTERS AND POLITICAL ENEMIES IT WILL BE GREAT!WONDERFUL TOOL FOR BLACKMAILERS TOO. I AM SURE THEY WILL PROMISE TO USE IT ONLY AGAINST EVIL AS HAS BEEN DONE MANY TIMES BEFORE. WE ALL KNOW HOW THAT WORKED OUT. HOWEVER IF GETTING READY FOR AN AUTHORITARIAN FASCIST POLICE STATE THIS PROGRAM WILL BE A NECESSITY. THE NIBBLING AT LIBERTY IS SPEEDING UP. EACH LOSS OF LIBERTY POWER MEANS A GAIN IN TYRANNY, HENCE FASTER LOSSES AND BIGGER PIECES OF OF FREEDOM STOLEN. NOTE THAT THIS PLAN WAS REJECTED IN 2003. Featured VideoPoliticsSatire / ParodyActivismWhoa! Front Page Raw Road Trip 2012 U.S. News World Science Tech News Media Exclusives ALL VIDEO âTotal Information Awarenessâ surveillance program returns, bigger than ever By Stephen C. Webster Friday, March 16, 2012 16:08 EDT 91 Topics: Congress ⦠James Bamford ⦠NSA A new feature story in this monthâs Wired blows the lid off plans for a massive new National Security Agency data center in Utah that represents the resurrection of a program that Congress killed in 2003, known as âTotal Information Awareness,â targeting literally all electronic communications all over the world â including those made by American citizens. The proposal was to build computing systems that could suck up every electronic communication on the planet and filter them through a smart super-computer that would flag certain conversations, emails, transactions and other items of interest for further review. It was a program so monstrous in scope that after a brief legislative battle, Congress imposed strict regulations on the type of technology that could accomplish those ends, prohibiting it from ever being used against Americans. But if well sourced intelligence reporter James Bamford is to be believed, as of this year, their efforts to stop it are moot. According to Bamford, the NSAâs new data center in Utah will be the most all-encompassing spy machine ever conceived, capable of breaking almost any encryption, reading any email and recording any phone call anywhere in the world, even if itâs not made over the Internet. A network of ultra-sensitive satellites enhance the centerâs intelligence-finding capabilities with the unique ability to sniff electronic communications from a massive distance. More troubling still, Bamfordâs three covert sources who worked for the NSA reportedly claim that the agency is dumping Americansâ communications into the mix, knowingly violating the U.S. Constitution in pursuit of a modern-day Manhattan Project. When Congress struck down the Pentagonâs âTotal Information Awarenessâ program, they did, however, authorize funding for âprocessing, analysis, and collaboration tools for counter terrorism foreign intelligence,â which is precisely how the NSA describes this data center. Just a year after that authorization, Bamford notes that the Department of Energy founded a computing facility where scientists developed technology that was secretly being funneled to the NSA for the data center currently under construction. Bamfordâs sources are not the first to come forward with claims of dubious activity at the NSA. The Obama Administration prosecuted NSA whistleblower Thomas Drake for funneling secret data to a nameless reporter, and former NSA analyst Russell Tice came forward with other revelations in 2005, and again in 2009. Even back then he was warning that the NSA had access to all Americansâ communications and even private credit card information. That message was heard, and heard well, by lawmakers like Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), who said he would not be surprised to learn that the NSA was even spying on him. In these latest revelations, one of Bamfordâs covert sources claims that the NSA is on the verge of a massive coup, putting the U.S. inches away from âa turnkey totalitarian state.â A much smaller spying program that targeted top Democrats and reporters, uncovered amid an investigation into a burglary, was the impetus for impeachment proceedings against former President Richard M. Nixon, which caused him to resign part-way through his second term. At the time, Congress was concerned that such power would be wielded for political purposes. Stephen C. WebsterStephen C. Webster is the senior editor of Raw Story, and is based out of Austin, Texas. He previously worked as the associate editor of The Lone Star Iconoclast in Crawford, Texas, where he covered state politics and the peace movementâs resurgence at the start of the Iraq war. Webster has also contributed to publications such as True/Slant, Austin Monthly, The Dallas Business Journal, The Dallas Morning News, Fort Worth Weekly, The News Connection and others. Follow him on Twitter at @StephenCWebster. Share this story >> 91 MORE FROM RAW STORY American ISPs to launch massive copyright spying scheme on July 12 Texas man allegedly killed soldier for not believing in God âThis American Lifeâ retracts Apple-Foxconn story Hacker George Hotz hit with marijuana felony en route to SXSW Adorable puppy tries kittyâs patience MORE FROM AROUND THE WEB 5 Nicotine Withdrawal Symptoms (HealthCommunities.com) FDA Warning: Dangers of Vicodin and Percocet (HealthCentral.com) 10 Cars That Refuse to Die (Kiplinger) Space Elevator, Going Up (Discovery News - Top Stories) Earth Day S.F. 2012 (EarthTechling) [what's this?] By commenting, you agree to our terms of service and to abide by our commenting policy. Disqus Like Dislike 2 people liked this. Login Add New Comment Post as ⦠Image Showing 1-40 of 43 comments overdoneputaforkinit, No such thing as a cover-up. It's called "therapeutic lying." People who want to hang on to those nostalgic Constitutional protections and find ways to keep their communications private will be targeted for investigation as potential terrorists. Once the government spying becomes common knowledge, America will be a less creative and less motivated country. Like Reply 29 minutes ago irrumabo, resident and the ips' going to spy on us, too? suckage.... Like Reply Yesterday 11:15 PM 1 Like jimbo92107, Technical writer, editor They are after all my secret recipes! Like Reply Yesterday 11:13 PM Nicholas Hall Ever think of the psychology behind this? Someone needs to teach these guys some diagonal proof theory so they can finally figure out that they can't learn everything. Let go, Ministry of Truth! The world is more fun when it is full of mystery. Cowards, all! Afraid of the unknown, are you? Yes, scary things can lurk where you can't see. Does that mean you should flood the world with light so nobody can sleep? Get over it! If Freud were alive today, I'm sure he'd say they just have some weird control issues. Like Reply Yesterday 09:27 PM 2 Likes WillLeach The people who want to do us harm will easily be able to hide their communications in plain sight so really the only use for something like this is a political one. Unless of course the end game is just hellfire missle or black hood everyone who is at all suspect, which again will be political opponents more often than security threats. Until they claim that political speech warrants a clear and present danger warranting violent response... oh wait. Like Reply Yesterday 09:06 PM 1 Like Hassan i Sabbah Big Bama is watching you. Like Reply Yesterday 06:53 PM 2 Likes StratRat And you should be ashamed of yourself. Draw the curtains once in a while. Like Reply Yesterday 07:27 PM in reply to Hassan i Sabbah Mike Maloney Although conjunctions can be used to start a sentence you did not use it properly you judgmental penis-face. Like Reply Yesterday 08:55 PM in reply to StratRat Hassan i Sabbah Yeah, you're right. Obama can do no wrong because he's black. Like Reply Yesterday 07:58 PM in reply to StratRat 1 Like 2ooo If I devised a company that required scads of self-impressed douchebags to trample the constitution, there would be no better place to put it than mormon central. Like Reply Yesterday 06:40 PM Fionnbharr Göring, Himmler and Heydrich would just go nuts over a set-up like this. Like Reply Yesterday 06:30 PM 8 Likes Rainkitten, Cranky, Liberal, Atheist. Likes puppies. We need this shit argued in every court in the country. Let's see how well this crap holds up under non stop civil resistance. We have class action lawyers in this country, lets put every last one of them to work day and night. Like Reply Yesterday 06:24 PM 2 Likes countryboyseein I'd give you a thumbs up, but the fact is not all of "us" can afford to hire a lawyer to try and win a case that the govt. can and will spend unlimited $ to fight. There's no way we'll use their system to beat them. Like Reply Yesterday 10:55 PM in reply to Rainkitten Texas_Independent_Texas_Proud TIA goes by many names, including "Facebook", "MySpace", pretty much all search engines, your ISP, and your cell provider. For decades the three letter acronym federal agencies have been in bed with all of the telecom/IP providers including so-called "independents", wired, wireless and VOIP. For those silly enough to think they can use IP spoofing, voice scrambling, encrypted packets, or VPN to hide nefarious activities the joke is on you. All spoofs have their "back doors/trap doors...plus "they" have Crays to crack your stuff... Like Reply Yesterday 06:16 PM 2 Likes Tad Kepley if that was true, I'd've done been locked up. Conspiracy nonsense. I work in tech, and most fifteen-yr-olds at defcon have waaaay more on the ball than most folks at the NSA. This is fortunate or unfortunate, depending on your outlook. And Crays? pffffft. 20 years ago.... Like Reply Yesterday 06:48 PM in reply to Texas_Independent_Texas_Proud 1 Like Texas_Independent_Texas_Proud If you believe your BS good luck little tech guru. Like Reply Yesterday 06:56 PM in reply to Tad Kepley StratRat Hmmm, disregarding his thoughtful response and an throwing an insult. Oh, sorry - I just noticed Texas. That clears it up for me. Like Reply Yesterday 07:29 PM in reply to Texas_Independent_Texas_Proud Texas_Independent_Texas_Proud Thoughtful? OK.. Thanks for the clarification. It came off to me as a typical "script kiddie" rant. Speaking of reading, if you are interested in the methods the NSA and NRO use for national security and SIGNET gathering I highly recommend many of James Bamford's works beginning with "The Puzzle Palace" an eye opening look at the CIA, NSA, NRO methods and various means of data acquisition techniques they employ. The Puzzle Palace is somewhat dated however it gives one an interesting insight into the inner workings behind the closed doors at the "Blue Cube". Like Reply Yesterday 08:07 PM in reply to StratRat 1 Like WAC The Obama regime is looking more and more like an extremest right-wing sleeper cell every day. Like Reply Yesterday 06:13 PM 5 Likes shinydoug I voted for Change and now we have Iran Contra re-treads back in action, spying on all of us. THis is not just criminal, it is unconstitutional. Has Obama and his team of constitution killers decided to throw the 4th Amendment out the window? Guess so. Wow, so it's more of this or Rick Santorum? Fuck it. Maybe it's time for a real Revolution, the kind that cannot be done through electoral politics? Like Reply Yesterday 06:13 PM 4 Likes Justin_Funsky Bookmark this page to contact your reps and senators. Keep their contact info on file to protest this, things like this and all the other stuff that's going to come up in the future. I can clearly remember Bush Daddy talking about how great The New World Order was going to be. We are the only ones who can stop these kinds of things, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... Like Reply Yesterday 06:03 PM FcukTheArmy The program that will not die. Motherfucking fascist pigs! Like Reply Yesterday 05:57 PM 7 Likes hegesias, Often censored. Never silenced. I had my email, the one I use to sign up to Raw Story and other blogs, "compromised" recently. No spam. No virus. Just an email from yahoo saying change your password your email has been compromised. Like Reply Yesterday 05:50 PM countryboyseein I had the same series of events happen to me, twice with yahoo. I never really understood what the problem was supposed to be. Like Reply Yesterday 10:59 PM in reply to hegesias gypski®, Wouldn't you like to know!!! You can bet your ass that the Founding Fathers would be destroying something like this. They intended for the people to monitor the government, not the government monitoring the people. It is clearly against our constitution regardless of this transparent paint job. Like Reply Yesterday 05:49 PM 12 Likes StratRat The folks who wrap themselves up in the 'founding fathers' are the same ones who spit on the Constitution. Like Reply Yesterday 06:04 PM in reply to gypski® truthgasm It blows my mind, that after all that has transpired since 9/11, that people still refuse to question what happened that day. Like Reply Yesterday 06:02 PM in reply to gypski® 8 Likes Bill T., Liberal Progressive Democrat >From the year 2000 until 2008, I ended every telephone conversation with "George Bush Sucks!" Like Reply Yesterday 05:32 PM 3 Likes gazooks ...with liberty and justice for all. Liberty to express yourself, ....justice defined by the commandant of your neighborhood DHS detention facility for doing so. Hope to see y'all out in the streets for a change. Like Reply Yesterday 05:30 PM 3 Likes StratRat I use an expensive anonymizer program to 're-route' my IP address and traffic. Does anyone know if these truly work or am I wasting my money on it? Like Reply Yesterday 05:29 PM gypski®, Wouldn't you like to know!!! They work, but then it depends on what port its operating on and if your firewall is monitoring it. I used one in the early 200s that was from Germany. I used it until I was getting far too much traffic on Port 80 with flaky addresses. I've got Advance Onion Router that changes your mac address to other mac addresses such as corporate macs. I use it rarely because I don't want traffic addressed to those mac possibly bugging me. But, in the long run....fuck em. Use domaintools to check your location. http://www.domaintools.com/res... (Edited by author 7 hours ago) Like Reply Yesterday 05:42 PM in reply to StratRat 1 Like StratRat Thanks a bunch. Since they are watching, we need to stay a step ahead. Like Reply Yesterday 06:10 PM in reply to gypski® Divinecomedia what a waste of time and resources. i mean, its not like Americans are mounting any serious challenge to the "new world order," aka global fascism... Like Reply Yesterday 05:22 PM 2 Likes StratRat Time to think about leaving the US. I would rather wait a few years, but with this spying, they may not even let me leave if I wait too long. Like Reply Yesterday 05:15 PM 1 Like Arthur Young I understand why people say that they want to or are leaving The USA, but if you take a look around The globe you will notice a pronounced Corporate influence that is making The World look like "Rollerball". Like Reply Yesterday 09:10 PM in reply to StratRat 1 Like gypski®, Wouldn't you like to know!!! If they are listening to everyone's phones, everyone needs to take their phone off the hook and maybe jam the system with busy signals. Oh, yeah, that's right. People don't use land lines anymore like me, and I don't use a cell phone. Like Reply Yesterday 05:13 PM EnderW With the rednecks and fundies plotting a civil war, and openly saying they are, this is justified. Like Reply Yesterday 05:12 PM H.P. Loathecraft Thank dog we've got Obama the Good instead of those other evil guys. The big mean Republicans are sure making him do lots of bad stuff! Like Reply Yesterday 05:11 PM 4 Likes PaulJay Its called Google nowadays...NSA's little child. Like Reply Yesterday 04:47 PM 6 Likes sgtdoom Sorry, Mr. Webster, but it never left. They just renamed it the Regulatory Data Corp's G.R.I.D. (Global Regulatory Information Databse), and put it under the ownership of the premier banksters. Due diligence, sir, due diligence. (And it is presently owned, last time I checked, by one Bain Capital --- sound familiar?????) 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