3.
January 2014 NSA Spying
New
revelations by the German publication, Der Spiegel have provided details of a
super secretive unit inside the National Security Agency, called the Office of
Tailored Access Operations, or TAO (no connection to the Chinese spiritual
path). TAO has developed new ways to invade our privacy, courtesy of Microsoft,
by gaining access to WINDOWS users who report technical problems (a frequent
occurrence). In addition, new computer orders are intercepted in transit and special
malware is implanted to monitor all activity of
unsuspecting users all with a wink and nod from Federal Express and
United Parcel Service. Two federal judges have harshly admonished the NSA for
its dragnet surveillance vastly exceeding its mandate and thus violating the
Constitution. A panel appointed by
President Obama issued a strong indictment calling for a major overall of the
agency. The Congressional oversight committee has clearly failed in its mission
and its chairman, Senator Dianne Feinstein should resign. It is not surprising
that her approval ratings have plummeted following her vigorous support for the
NSA’s highly questionable activities. We need more whistleblowers like Snowden.
Remember how thousands of Iraqis and Americans died based on false claims of
WMD’s or the release of the Pentagon Papers which exposed the massive deceit of
our government and halted the war in Vietnam? In a landmark editorial, the New
York Times has called for “some form of clemency that would allow Snowden to return
home.”
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