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Journalist Glenn Greenwald obtained documents from a leak that confirm the NSA has secretly been requiring Verizon (and presumably the same for other networks)
by tomchristie 13y ago
Journalist Glenn Greenwald obtained documents from a leak that confirm the NSA has secretly been requiring Verizon (and presumably the same for other networks) to provide the complete information (location, duration, id) of every single call, national or international, on an ongoing daily basis.
There is no discrimination - this is everybody, all the time.
That's kind of a big deal.
It's also pretty damn brave of whoever leaked the document.
His original article is here...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/06/nsa-phone-records-verizon-court-order http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/06/nsa-phone-record...
- lostlogin 13y agoGiven this administrations record with leakers, brave is an understatement.
- pekk 13y agoAs opposed to the Bush or Reagan administrations' records with leakers?
- scott_s 13y agoYes. Under Obama, the Justice Department has prosecuted more leakers of confidential information than prior administrations. However, the number is 6, so whether this is due to a difference in policy or random occurrences is not clear to me.
- saraid216 13y ago> whether this is due to a difference in policy or random occurrences is not clear to me Also, 6 is a numerator. The denominator is unknown. Are there more leaks under the Obama administration, period? Are people more willing to leak? I don't feel like there's enough information available to make a judgement call.
- betterunix 13y agoI think you'd have to go all the way back to Nixon to find an administration that has as bad a record with whistleblowers as this current one.
- crazypyro 13y agoThe Obama administration has been much more forward and harsh against leaks that past administrations. At least, it appears that way to people looking in from the outside.