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http://www.tedgioia.com/nsa_facts.html**** NSA Fact Sheet**** *61 Things We've Learned About the NSA (Updated: October 24, 2013) * NSA monitored phone calls of 35 world leaders. *The Guardian, October 24, 2013*<http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/24/nsa-surveillance-world-leaders-calls> German government claims it has information that the US may have monitored cell phone conversations of Chancellor Angela Merkel. *Reuters, October 23, 2013*<http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/23/us-germany-usa-spying-idUSBRE99M0Y720131023> NSA spent $652 million to implant spyware on tens of millions of computers. *BBC, October 22, 2013 * <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24628947>NSA collected more than 70 million French phone records in a single month. *Washington Post, October 21, 2013 *<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/report-that-nsa-collected-french-phone-records-causing-diplomatic-headache-for-us/2013/10/21/bfa74f22-3a76-11e3-a94f-b58017bfee6c_story.html>NSA hacked Mexican President Felipe Calderon's email account. *Der Spiegel, October 20, 2013 *<http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/nsa-hacked-email-account-of-mexican-president-a-928817.html>Documents reveal NSA’s extensive involvement in killer drone program. *Washington Post, October 16, 2013 *<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/documents-reveal-nsas-extensive-involvement-in-targeted-killing-program/2013/10/16/29775278-3674-11e3-8a0e-4e2cf80831fc_story.html>NSA collects contacts from an estimated 500,000 buddy lists on live chat services each day. *Washington Post, October 14, 2013 *<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-collects-millions-of-e-mail-address-books-globally/2013/10/14/8e58b5be-34f9-11e3-80c6-7e6dd8d22d8f_story.html>NSA Director defends the organizations mass surveillance programs, but believes the spies need to do a better job of explaining them to the public. *New York Times, October 12, 2013 *<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/13/us/nsa-director-gives-firm-and-broad-defense-of-surveillance-efforts.html>Despite increasing controversy and criticism, secret court renews NSA’s authorization to continue sweeping phone data. *Of*<http://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/191-press-releases-2013/944-foreign-intelligence-surveillance-court-approves-government%E2%80%99s-application-to-renew-telephony-metadata-program> *f**ice of the Director of Natational Intelligence press release, October 11, 2013 *<http://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/191-press-releases-2013/944-foreign-intelligence-surveillance-court-approves-government%E2%80%99s-application-to-renew-telephony-metadata-program>NSA’s computer HQ, bigger than Google’s largest data center, has experienced 10 electricity meltdowns and repeated loss of equipment in the last year. *Wall Street Journal, October 7, 2013 * <http://stream.wsj.com/story/latest-headlines/SS-2-63399/SS-2-348346/>NSA targeted Tor network, relied upon by dissidents and activists for anonymous communication. *The Guardian, October 4, 2013 *<http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/04/nsa-gchq-attack-tor-network-encryption>Newly unsealed document reveal that email provider used by Edward Snowden ordered to hand over encryption codes for Snowden’s messages (and those of all 400,000 other users) or pay $5,000 per day fine. *Wired, October 2, 2013 * <http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/10/lavabit_unsealed/>NSA chief admits misleading the public with figures on terror plots foiled by spying. *Washington Times, October 2, 2013 *<http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/2/nsa-chief-figures-foiled-terror-plots-misleading/>In 2010 and 2011 the NSA conducted a secret test of a program to collect bulk data about the cellphone locations of Americans. *New York Times, October 2, 2013 *<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/us/nsa-experiment-traced-us-cellphone-locations.html?_r=0>Privacy activist who initiated protest letter to NSA refused entry to the US —and officials refuse to tell him why. *The Guardian, October 1, 2013 *<http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/30/nsa-files-edward-snowden-gchq-whistleblower>NSA ‘Marina’ project tracks users browser activity and contact info for the last year, and can be used to create lifestyle profiles of millions of people— including US citizens who aren't suspects. *The Guardian, September 30, 2013 *<http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/30/nsa-americans-metadata-year-documents>CEO imprisoned after he wouldn't spy for NSA wasn't allowed to mention this during his trial, or to present evidence that his prosecution may have been in retaliation for his refusal. *Washington Post, September 30, 2013 *<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/09/30/a-ceo-who-resisted-nsa-spying-is-out-of-prison-and-he-feels-vindicated-by-snowden-leaks/>Since 2010, the NSA has tracked the social network connections of US citizens. *New York Times, September 28, 2013*<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/29/us/nsa-examines-social-networks-of-us-citizens.html> l NSA employee made unauthorized intercepts of the phone calls of numerous women over a period of six years without it being detected. *The Guardian, September 27, 2013 *<http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/27/nsa-employee-spied-detection-internal-memo>Director of NSA tells the Senate Intelligence Committee that there is no legal limit to how much phone date the government can collect. *Wall Street Journal, September 26, 2013 *<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304795804579099694144823878.h>Senator Feinstein admits NSA is collecting Internet data upstream through secret agreements with telco companies—in direct contradiction to NSA public statements. *C-Span, September 26, 2013 *<http://www.c-spanvideo.org/clip/4466341%20%20See%20also:%20https:/www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/09/senator_feinste.html>Newly released documents show the NSA spied on Muhammad Ali, Martin Luther King, Frank Church, Howard Baker and others. *The Guardian, September 26, 2013 *<http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/26/nsa-surveillance-anti-vietnam-muhammad-ali-mlk>NSA spy center in Utah has an estimated data capacity of 5 zettabytes— the equivalent of 1.25 trillion DVDs. *NPR, September 23, 2013 *<http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2013/09/23/225381596/booting-up-new-nsa-data-farm-takes-root-in-utah>NSA gathers 13.5 billion pieces of information on India over the course of just 30 days. *The Hindu, September 23, 2013 *<http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/india-among-top-targets-of-spying-by-nsa/article5157526.ece?homepage=true>NSA pays around $300 million per dollars to AT&T, Verizon and other telecom companies in exchange for access to phone calls. *Forbes, September 23, 2013 *<http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertlenzner/2013/09/23/attverizonsprint-are-paid-cash-by-nsa-for-your-private-communications/>Secret court that authorized NSA spying contradicted the US Supreme Court on constitutional rights. *The Guardian, September 22, 2013 *<http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/22/secret-fisa-court-constitutional-rights>Justice Department internal ethics watchdog never probed judges’ concerns about NSA surveillance. *USA Today, September 19, 2013 *<http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/09/19/nsa-surveillance-justice-opr-investigation/2805867/>Department of Justice tried to stop USA Today from running the above story. *Cryptome.org, September 19, 2013 * <http://cryptome.org/2013/09/usa-today-doj.pdf>USA telecommunications companies have never challenged NSA demands to hand over bulk metadata. *Wired. September 17, 2103 * <http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/09/telcos-metada-orders/>NSA monitors banks and credit card transactions -- sometimes in apparent violation of national laws and global regulations. *Der Spiegel, September 16, 2013 *<http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/how-the-nsa-spies-on-international-bank-transactions-a-922430.html>NSA spent taxpayer dollars to build a war room modeled to look like the USS Enterprise from Star Trek. *PBS, September 13, 2013 *<http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2013/09/nsa-director-modeled-war-room-after-star-treks-enterprise.html>NSA disguised itself as Google to spy. *CNET, September 12, 2013 *<http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57602701-38/nsa-disguised-itself-as-google-to-spy-say-reports/>NSA shares raw intelligence, including private information of American citizens with Israel. Secret deal places no limits on how Israel uses this data. *The Guardian, September 11, 2013 *<http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/11/nsa-americans-personal-data-israel-documents>Yahoo CEO announces that she would have face prison if she told the truth about her company’s participation in NSA spying. *The Gua*<http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/sep/11/yahoo-ceo-mayer-jail-nsa-surveillance> *r*<http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/sep/11/yahoo-ceo-mayer-jail-nsa-surveillance> *dian, September 11, 2013 *<http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/sep/11/yahoo-ceo-mayer-jail-nsa-surveillance>NSA violated laws on phone spying for years and misled the secret court that oversaw its operations. *Bloomberg News, September 11, 2013 *<http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-09-10/nsa-phone-records-spying-violated-court-restrictions-for-years>NSA violations led judge to consider viability of surveillance program. *The Guardian, September 10, 2013 *<http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/10/nsa-violated-court-rules-data-documents>NSA used its influence to undermine vital web security standards. *Boing Boing, September 8, 2013 * <http://boingboing.net/2013/09/08/firsthand-account-of-nsa-sabot.html>NSA can access private data on iPhones, BlackBerry and Android devices. *Washington Post, September 8, 2013 *<http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-09-08/world/41881473_1_android-devices-blackberry-mass-surveillance>The NSA invested billions of dollars in a program code-named Bullrun to hack the encryption that protects banking data, medical records, etc. *New York Times September 5, 2013 *<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/06/us/nsa-foils-much-internet-encryption.html>NSA hacks “tens of thousands” of private computers every year. *Wired, September 4, 2013 * <http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/09/nsa-router-hacking/>NSA spyed on private emails of the Presidents of Brazil and Mexico. *NBC News, September 2, 2013 *<http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/09/02/20291489-snowden-leak-journalist-nsa-spied-on-emails-of-brazil-and-mexico-presidents>NSA spied on news broadcaster Al Jazeera *Der Spiegel, August 31, 2013 *<http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/nsa-spied-on-al-jazeera-communications-snowden-document-a-919681.html>NSA believes it has the right to turn any private business into mass surveillance operation. *USA Today, August 27, 2013 *<http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/08/27/nsa-snowden-russia-obama-column/2702461/>NSA bugged the United Nations *The Atlantic, August 25, 2013 *<http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2013/08/nsa-agents-were-really-excited-bug-united-nations/68691/>NSA employees used surveillance technology to spy on their lovers. *Washington Post, August 24, 2103 *<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/08/24/loveint-when-nsa-officers-use-their-spying-power-on-love-interests/>NSA paid millions to Google, Yahoo, Facebook and other companies to fund their help in surveillance. *The Guardian, August 22, 2013 *<http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/23/nsa-prism-costs-tech-companies-paid>NSA program traced more than email metadata, but also included online communications—covering 75% of all web traffic. *Wall Street Journal, August 20, 2013 *<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324108204579025222244858490.html>NSA broke privacy rules thousands of times per year. *Washington Post, August 15, 2013 *<http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-08-15/world/41431831_1_washington-post-national-security-agency-documents>Members of Congress denied acces to basic information about the NSA. *The Guardian, August 4, 2013 *<http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/04/congress-nsa-denied-access>NSA tool collects “nearly everything a user does on the internet” *The Guardian, July 31, 2013 *<http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/31/nsa-top-secret-program-online-data>Low-level NSA analysts could access information on private citizens with little or no supervison or court oversight. *ABC News, July 28, 2013 *<http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/07/glenn-greenwald-low-level-nsa-analysts-have-powerful-and-invasive-search-tool/>Microsoft gave NSA tools to unlock Outlook encryption even before official launch. *The Guardian, July 12, 2013 *<http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/11/microsoft-nsa-collaboration-user-data>NSA head James Clapper lied to Congress under oath. *Washington Post, June 30, 2013*<http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-06-30/world/40292346_1_programs-clapper-jr-remark> * *<http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-06-30/world/40292346_1_programs-clapper-jr-remark>Misleading NSA fact sheet on surveillance program pulled from <http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-06-30/world/40292346_1_programs-clapper-jr-remark>web after senators’ criticism* *<http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-06-30/world/40292346_1_programs-clapper-jr-remark> *Washington Post, June 25, 2013*<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-fact-sheet-on-surveillance-program-pulled-from-web-after-senators-criticism/2013/06/25/afe95d9e-ddda-11e2-b797-cbd4cb13f9c6_story.html> * *<http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-06-30/world/40292346_1_programs-clapper-jr-remark> * *<http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-06-30/world/40292346_1_programs-clapper-jr-remark>Secret court has authorized broad orders allowing NSA to use information "inadvertently" collected from US citizens. *The Guardian, June 20, 2013 *<http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/20/fisa-court-nsa-without-warrant>NSA swaps data with thousands of firms. *Bloomberg, June 14, 2013 *<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-14/u-s-agencies-said-to-swap-data-with-thousands-of-firms.html>NSA program code-named Boundless Informant gathered 3 billion pieces of intelligence in a single 30-day period. *The Guardian, June 11, 2013 *<http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/20/fisa-court-nsa-without-warrant>NSA’s new Utah spy center will cover1.5 million square feet and use enough electricity to power 65,000 homes. *NPR, June 10, 2013 *<http://www.npr.org/2013/06/10/190160772/amid-data-controversy-nsa-builds-its-biggest-data-farm>AT&T, Sprint also provide user information to the NSA. *Wall Street Journal, June 7, 2013 *<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324299104578529112289298922.html>NSA Prism program taps into user data of Apple, Google, Facebook and others. *The Guardian June 6, 2013 * <http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/06/us-tech-giants-nsa-data>NSA collecting phone records of millions of Verizon customers daily. *The Guardian, June 5, 2013 *<http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/06/nsa-phone-records-verizon-court-order> **** ** ** __._,_.___ __,_._,___ -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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