OMNI
CIVIL
LIBERTIES/SURVEILLANCE, NSA NEWSLETTER #12, June 3, 2014
For
a CULTURE OF PEACE, JUSTICE, and
Ecology, Compiled by Dick Bennett.
(#1 Jan. 28, 2008; #2 Jan. 22, 2011; #3
Oct. 25, 2011; #4 Jan. 31, 2012; #5 June 9, 2013; #6 July 22, 2013; #7 Sept.
11, 2013; #8 Oct. 18, 2013; #9 Jan. 5, 2014; #10 Feb. 7, 2014; #11 March 13,
2014).
The
US
taxpayers give $10 billion each year for the NSA to trawl the internet and defy
the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution.
The essays in
this newsletter describe and call for Resistance: The US Surveillance State is exposed
(secrecy, assassinations, agencies photographed, The Intercept magazine), resistance is planned and enacted
(Congress seeks “black budgets,” the people support the USA Freedom Act,
contact Pres. Obama), and stronger opposition is suggested (turn off NSA’s
lights). Let’s all speak up with Michael Moore: "I refuse to live in a country like
this, and I'm not leaving." --Dick
See
Snowden newsletters: http://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2014/05/snowden-newsletter-5.html
My blog: War Department/Peace Department
My
Newsletters:
For an informed and resistant
citizenry. See: Bush, CIA, Drones,
Fascism, FBI, Greenwald, Intelligence Industry Complex, Imperialism, National Security State , NSA,
Obama, Secrecy, Snowden, Top Secret, and more.
Index:
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Contents Surveillance/NSA
#11 at end
Contents
Surveillance/NSA #12
THE HISTORY (but telling the truth about, exposing
nefarious deeds, is
resistance)
PBS, Frontline,
“ United States
of Secrecy, Part One”
PBS, Frontline, “United States of Secrecy, Part Two”
Julia Angwin, Dragnet
Nation
RESISTANCE
Snowden
Greenwald’s New Book, No Place To Hide
Greenwald on Kinsley
BORDC Challenging NSA, Pres. Obama
Sarah Berlin, People’s Blog for the Constitution
Surveillance
Violates Attorney-Client Privilege
OFFNow: Cut NSA’s Electricity
Articles from Common Dreams
Jimmy Carter, Our Email Monitored
NSA Spied on China ’s Telecom Huawet
NYT: Surveillance Bill Inadequate
GREENWALD’S NEW INTERCEPT
ON-LINE NEWS MAGAZINE
Dick, Articles on Surveillance in Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
HISTORY
PBS, May 13 & May 20, 2014
How
did the government come to spy on millions of Americans?
(114:11) How
did the government come to spy on millions of Americans?
THE LATEST
Next Week: How
Silicon Valley Feeds the NSA’s Global Dragnet
On
May 20, FRONTLINE investigates what the tech industry said when the NSA came
knocking.
Live Chat: How Did
the Government Come to Spy on Millions of Americans?
FRONTLINE’s Mike
Wiser, Spencer Ackerman of The
Guardian and NSA
whistleblower Kirk Wiebe will answer this question — and take yours. Join us
Wed. 5/20 at 2 pm EST.
What Does It Mean
When the NSA Has Your Number?
A study of what
the NSA may be able to learn by analyzing telephone metadata may confirm the
worst fears of privacy advocates.
Obama on Mass
Government Surveillance, Then and Now
Barack Obama
campaigned for the White House promising “no more secrecy,” but as president
he has embraced the same domestic surveillance programs he derided as a
candidate.
NSA Reform: A Guide
to the Options
Lawmakers in
Congress are jousting over how to reform the NSA’s domestic surveillance
activities. Will changes go far enough?
Readings &
Links: NSA Secrets
A guide to the
major leaks about the NSA’s domestic surveillance program.
How Edward Snowden
Leaked “Thousands” of NSA Documents
“I’ve got some
stuff you might be interested in.” With that simple message, the biggest leak
of government secrets in history was set in motion.
Inside the NSA the
Day After 9/11
Spying on the home
front was the one rule that NSA analysts were constantly warned against
before 9/11, but that all changed the morning after the attacks.
Press Release |
“United States of Secrets”: How the Government Came to Spy on Millions of
Americans
In “United States of Secrets,” a two-part series airing May 13
& 20, FRONTLINE reveals the dramatic inside story of how the U.S.
government came to monitor and collect the communications of millions of
people around the world—and the lengths they went to trying to hide the
massive surveillance program from the public.
|
MORE
DRAGNET NATION:
A Quest for Privacy, Security, and Freedom in a World
of Relentless Surveillance by Julia Angwin
Times
Books
An inside look at who’s watching you,
what they know and why it matters. We are being watched.
We see online ads from websites we’ve
visited, long after we’ve moved on to other interests. Our smartphones and cars
transmit our location, enabling us to know what’s in the neighborhood but also
enabling others to track us. And the federal government, we recently learned,
has been conducting a massive data-gathering surveillance operation across the
Internet and on our phone lines.
In Dragnet
Nation, award-winning investigative journalist Julia Angwin reports from
the front lines of America ’s
surveillance economy, offering a revelatory and unsettling look at how the government, private companies,
and even criminals use technology to indiscriminately sweep up vast amounts of
our personal data. In a world where we can be watched in our own homes,
where we can no longer keep secrets, and where we can be impersonated,
financially manipulated, or even placed in a police lineup, Angwin argues that
the greatest long-term danger is that we
start to internalize the surveillance and censor our words and thoughts,
until we lose the very freedom that makes us unique individuals. Appalled at
such a prospect, Angwin conducts a series of experiments to try to protect herself, ranging from quitting Google
to carrying a “burner” phone, showing how difficult it is for an average
citizen to resist the dragnets’ reach.
Her book is a cautionary tale for all
of us, with profound implications for our values, our society, and our very
selves.
SUSAN DOUGLAS, “INFORMATION HIGHWAY ROBBERY.” IN
THESE TIMES (June 2014). Another
review of Dragnet Nation. “…Angwin
documents the extent to which we are constantly being watched and offers advice
to minimize our digital footprints. . . .”
We must “demand more regulation of the ballooning stalking industry, and
to grasp the corrosive costs of accepting, and participating in, our new
surveillance culture.” --Dick
RESISTANCE
GREENWALD
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