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 foreign targets, according to a top-secret document obtained by The Washington Post.
The program, code-named PRISM, has not been made public until now. It may be the first of its kind. The NSA prides itself on stealing secrets and breaking codes, and it is accustomed to corporate partnerships that help it divert data traffic or sidestep barriers. But there has never been a Google or Facebook before, and it is unlikely that there are richer troves of valuable intelligence than the ones in Silicon Valley.
Equally unusual is the way the NSA extracts what it wants, according to the document: “Collection directly from the servers of these U.S. Service Providers: Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, PalTalk, AOL, Skype, YouTube, Apple.”
So many questions. First off, what the fuck is "paltalk"?
But thankfully after yesterday's news, our Senators are on the case!
Feinstein says on MSNBC she thinks the Guardian leak should be investigation, worries about a "culture of leaks."
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) June 6, 2013
Chambliss on NSA: "This is nothing particularly new... Every member of the US Senate has been advised of this."
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) June 6, 2013
Feinstein on NSA collecting phone records: "It's called protecting America."
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) June 6, 2013
"This wasn't a news conference. This was stalking," Feinstein quips of reporters badgering her about NSA/FISA.Abolish the Senate, or at least give Diane Fienstein a primary. She is the worst.
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) June 6, 2013
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