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gun gIven Lo crImInuIs by LIe AT.

1oo
! ! ! !
"#$%&'() +,-(./
A 1qqq !!" urLIcIe LILIed EcIeIon Spy NeLwork ReveuIed begun wILI LIe
purugrupI: mugIne u gIobuI spyIng neLwork LIuL cun euvesdrop on every sIngIe pIone
cuII, Iux or e-muII, unywIere on LIe pIuneL. L sounds IIke scIence IIcLIon, buL IL's Lrue. TIe
neLwork, known us EcIeIon, Lruces ILs rooLs uII LIe wuy buck Lo LIe JoIn . Kennedy
presIdency, und Iud been expundIng ever sInce.
1o1
n 1qqz, LIe DIrecLor oI LIe NSA
descrIbed LIe gouI oI LIe progrum In sImpIe Lerms: 'GIobuI Access'.
1oz
TIe ugendu Ior muss
surveIIIunce wus InsLILuLIonuIIzed Iong beIore mosL AmerIcuns recognIze.
TIen LIere wus George BusI's IIIeguI wurrunLIess wIreLuppIng. Begun In zoo1, LIe
progrum uIIowed LIe NSA Lo monILor communIcuLIons beLween UnILed SLuLes cILIzens und
LIose ubroud wILIouL upproprIuLe cIecks und buIunces.
1o
nLeresLIngIy, LIe groundwork Ior
wurrunLIess wIreLuppIng Iud ucLuuIIy been IuId ouL by BIII CIInLon.
1oq
DurIng IIs
presIdency, Ie sIowIy expunded LIe reucI oI LIe oreIgn nLeIIIgence SurveIIIunce AcL
(SA) und LIe cupubIIILy oI LIe NSA Lo cIussIIy und wILIIoId InIormuLIon ubouL LIeIr
ucLIvILIes. WIen LIe reveIuLIons ubouL LIe progrum were mude In zoo6 LIey were
conLroversIuI, buL Congress repeuLedIy renewed LIe NSA's IIcense wILIouL mucI oI un
uprour Irom LIe pubIIc.
100Los Angeles Times, 'ATF sought to downplay guns scandal, emails show, July 21, 2011
101Duncan Campbell, Investigative Journalist, 'Echelon: World under watch, an introduction, June 29, 2000
102National Security Archives hosted document, 'Farewell Irom Vice Admiral William O. Studeman to NSA
Employees, April 8, 1992.
103Washington Post, 'Bush Administration's Warrantless Wiretapping Program, February 11, 2008
104The history oI Warrantless Wiretapping is laid out thoroughly at the Daily Kos Wikipedia. Each event on their
timeline has a link to a primary document or an accurate source.
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By LIe zoo8 eIecLIon, cILIzens were growIng weury oI LIe spyIng progrum und Buruck
Obumu cupILuIIzed on LIIs senLImenL. He vowed Lo end wurrunLIess wIreLuppIng und durIng
IIs prImury cumpuIgn Ie wenL us Iur us Lo suy Ie wouId IIIIbusLer LIe exLensIon oI LIe SA
IegIsIuLIon, responsIbIe Ior uIIowIng LIe expunded spyIng cupubIIILIes.
1o

WIen 'm presIdenL, one oI LIe IIrsL LIIngs 'm goIng Lo do Is
cuII In my uLLorney generuI und suy Lo IIm or Ier, wunL you Lo
revIew every execuLIve order LIuL wus Issued by George BusI,
wIeLIer IL reIuLes Lo wurrunLIess wIreLups or deLuInIng peopIe or
reudIng e- muIIs, or wIuLever IL Is. wunL you Lo go LIrougI every
sIngIe one oI LIem und II LIey ure unconsLILuLIonuI, II LIey're
encroucIIng on cIvII IIberLIes unnecessurIIy, we ure goIng Lo
overLurn LIem. We're goIng Lo cIunge LIem. - Buruck Obumu,
zoo;
1o6
He IIrsL broke LIIs promIse uILer wInnIng LIe prImury cumpuIgn, In JuIy zoo8, wIen
Ie wus one oI 68 SenuLors wIo voLed Lo renew LIe NSA cupubIIILIes.
1o;
ess LIun u yeur
IuLer, Buruck Obumu wouId vusLIy brouden LIe IeguI urgumenL LIe ExecuLIve bruncI used Lo
jusLIIy LIe spyIng, und exempLed LIe GovernmenL Irom LIe possIbIIILy oI beIng sued LIunks
Lo u IIberuI InLerpreLuLIon oI u cIuuse In LIe PuLrIoL AcL.
1o8

"n oLIer words, beyond even LIe ouLrugeousIy broud 'sLuLe
secreLs' prIvIIege InvenLed by LIe BusI udmInIsLruLIon und now
105CNN, 'Obama's surveillance vote spurs blogging backlash, July 11, 2008
106CNN, 'The Lead with Jake Tapper, June 10, 2013
107New York Times, 'Obama's wiretapping stand enrages many supporters, June 2, 2008
108RawStorv, 'Obama Administration Quietly expands the Bush Administration's Legal DeIense oI Wiretapping, April
7, 2009
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embruced IuIIy by LIe Obumu udmInIsLruLIon, LIe Obumu DOJ
Ius now InvenLed u brund new cIuIm oI governmenL ImmunILy,
one wIIcI IILeruIIy usserLs LIuL LIe U.S. GovernmenL Is Iree Lo
InLercepL uII oI your communIcuLIons (cuIIs, emuIIs und LIe IIke)
und -- even II wIuL LIey're doIng Is bIuLunLIy IIIeguI und LIey
know IL's IIIeguI -- you ure burred Irom suIng LIem unIess LIey
'wIIIIuIIy dIscIose' Lo LIe pubIIc wIuL LIey Iuve Ieurned," - GIenn
GreenwuId
On June 6
LI
zo1, IL wus reveuIed LIuL Buruck Obumu oversuw LIe IurgesL
InIrIngemenL oI LIe ourLI AmendmenL In LIe IIsLory oI LIe UnILed SLuLes wILI LIe
consLrucLIon oI u verILubIe surveIIIunce sLuLe, cupubIe oI LruckIng LIe movemenLs und
communIcuLIons oI every AmerIcun cILIzen. We now know LIuL LIe NSA und UnILed
KIngdom counLerpurL GHCQ:
! CoIIecL LIe domesLIc meLu-duLu oI boLI purLIes In u pIone-cuII.
1oq
! SeL up Iuke InLerneL cuIes Lo sLeuI duLu.
11o
! Hus InLercepLed LIe pIone cuIIs oI uL IeusL worId Ieuders, IncIudIng uIIIes sucI us
Germun CIunceIIor AngeIu MerkeI.
111
! Cun Lup InLo LIe underwuLer IIber-opLIc cubIes LIuL curry u mujorILy oI LIe worId's
InLerneL LruIIIc.
11z
! Trucks communIcuLIons wILIIn medIu InsLILuLIons sucI us AI Juzeeru.
11
109!"# %&'()*'+, 'NSA collecting phone records oI millions oI Verizon customers daily, June 6, 2013
110!"# %&'()*'+, 'GCHQ intercepted Ioreign politicians' communications at G20 summits, June 17, 2013
111!"# %&'()*'+, 'NSA monitored calls oI 35 world leaders aIter US oIIicial handed over contacts, October 25, 2013
112!"# %&'()*'+, 'GCHQ taps Iibre-optic cables Ior secret access to world's communications, June 21, 2013
113-#( ./*#0#1, 'Snowden Document: NSA Spied On Al Jazeera Communications, August 31, 2013
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! Hus 'bugged' LIe UnILed NuLIons IeudquurLers.
11q
! Hus seL up u IInuncIuI duLubuse Lo Lruck InLernuLIonuI bunkIng und credIL curd
LrunsucLIons.
11
! CoIIecLs und sLores over zoo mIIIIon domesLIc und IoreIgn LexL messuges eucI duy.
116
! CoIIecLs und Ius reuI-LIme uccess Lo browsIng IIsLory, emuII, und socIuI medIu
ucLIvILy. To guIn uccess, un unuIysL sImpIy needs Lo IIII ouL un on-screen Iorm wILI u
broud jusLIIIcuLIon Ior LIe seurcI LIuL Is noL revIewed by uny courL or NSA
personneI.
11;
", sILLIng uL my desk, couId wIreLup unyone, Irom you or your
uccounLunL, Lo u IederuI judge or even LIe presIdenL, II Iud u
personuI emuII". - Edwurd Snowden
! CreuLes mups oI LIe socIuI neLworks oI UnILed SLuLes cILIzens.
118
! Hus uccess Lo smurLpIone upp duLu.
11q
! Uses spIes In embussIes Lo coIIecL duLu, oILen by seLLIng up 'IIsLenIng sLuLIons' on LIe
rooIs oI buIIdIngs.
1zo
! Uses Iuke Inkedn proIIIes und oLIer docLored web puges Lo secreLIy InsLuII
surveIIIunce soILwure In unwILLIng compunIes und IndIvIduuIs.
1z1
! Trucks reservuLIons uL upscuIe IoLeIs.
1zz
114Reuters, 'U.S. spy agency bugged U.N. headquarters: Germany's Spiegel, August 25, 2013
115Der Spiegel, ''Follow the Money': NSA Spies on International Payments, September 15, 2013
116BBC, 'Report: NSA 'collected 200m texts per day', January 17, 2014
117The Guardian, 'XKeyscore: NSA tool collects 'nearly everything a user does on the internet', July 31, 2013
118New York Times,N.S.A. Gathers Data on Social Connections oI U.S. Citizens, September 28, 2013
119Der Spiegel, 'iSpy: How the NSA Accesses Smartphone Data, September 9, 2013
120Der Spiegel, 'Photo Gallery: Spies in the Embassy, October 27, 2013
121The Independent, 'GCHQ used 'Quantum Insert' technique to set up Iake LinkedIn pages and spy on mobile phone
giants, November 10, 2013
122Der Spiegel, ''Royal Concierge': GCHQ Monitors Diplomats' Hotel Bookings, November 17, 2013
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123New York Times, 'No Morsel Too Minuscule Ior All-Consuming N.S.A., November 2, 2013
124Washington Post, 'By cracking cellphone code, NSA has capacity Ior decoding private conversations, December
13, 2013
125New York Times, 'N.S.A. Devises Radio Pathway Into Computers, January 15, 2014
126ArsTechnica, 'Your USB cable, the spy: Inside the NSA`s catalog oI surveillance magic, December 31, 2013
127New York Times, 'Spies InIiltrate a Fantasy Realm oI Online Games, December 9, 2013
128Der Spiegel, 'Inside TAO: Documents Reveal Top NSA Hacking Unit, December 29, 2013
129Washington Post, 'NSA inIiltrates links to Yahoo, Google data centers worldwide, Snowden documents say,
October 30, 2013.
130The Guardian, 'Revealed: how US and UK spy agencies deIeat internet privacy and security, September 6, 2013
131NBC, 'Snowden Docs: British Spies Used Sex and 'Dirty Tricks', March 1, 2014
132The Guardian, 'NSA shares raw intelligence including Americans' data with Israel, September 11, 2013
133Huffington Post, 'Top-Secret Document Reveals NSA Spied On Porn Habits As Part OI Plan To Discredit
'Radicalizers', November 26, 2013
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PossIbIy LIe mosL sIockIng reveIuLIon wus mude on ebruury zq, zo1q. nLernuI
documenLs sIow LIuL LIe NSA Is uLLempLIng Lo munIpuIuLe und conLroI onIIne dIscourse
wILI exLreme LucLIcs oI decepLIon und repuLuLIon-desLrucLIon.
1q
TIe documenLs reveuIed
u Lop-secreL unIL known us LIe JoInL TIreuL ReseurcI nLeIIIgence UnIL, or JTRG. Two oI
LIe core seII-IdenLIIIed purposes oI JTRG ure Lo InjecL uII sorLs oI IuIse muLerIuI onLo LIe
InLerneL In un eIIorL Lo dIscredIL u LurgeL, und Lo use socIuI scIences sucI us psycIoIogy Lo
munIpuIuLe onIIne dIscourse und ucLIvIsm In order Lo generuLe u desIrubIe ouLcome. TIe
unIL posLs IuIse InIormuLIon on LIe InLerneL und IuIseIy uLLrIbuLes IL Lo someone eIse,
preLend Lo be u 'vIcLIm' oI u LurgeL LIey wunL Lo dIscredIL, und posLs neguLIve InIormuLIon
on vurIous Iorums. n some InsLunces, Lo dIscredIL u LurgeL, JTRG sends ouL 'IuIse IIug'
emuIIs Lo IumIIy und IrIends.
134The Intercept, 'How Covert Agents InIiltrate the Internet to Manipulate, Deceive, and Destroy Reputations,
February 24, 2014
!"
One sIIde descrIbes LIe meLIods Lo dIscredIL u compuny: euk conIIdenLIuI
InIormuLIon Lo LIe press, posL neguLIve InIormuLIon on Iorums, InLerIere wILI busIness
deuIs und ruIn busIness reIuLIonsIIps.
TIe use oI psycIoIogIcuI LecInIques Lo IrucLure ucLIvIsL groups und Lo 'gume' onIIne
dIscourse Is very InLeresLIng. One documenL descrIbes creuLIng LensIon In u group by
expIoILIng personuI power, pre-exIsLIng cIeuvuges und mInor IdeoIogIcuI dIIIerences. n
onIIne dIscourse, unoLIer documenL descrIbes Iow Lo use 'mIrrorIng' oI Iunguuge cues,
expressIons und emoLIons, und LIe udjusLmenL oI speecI, puLLerns und Iunguuge Lo
munIpuIuLe opInIon.
ConsIder LIe words oI Iormer NSA empIoyee Lurned wIIsLIebIower Russ TIce:
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Iuw IIrms. AII kInds oI-Ieups oI Iuwyers und Iuw IIrms. TIey
wenL uILer judges. B'# 0* ("# A5-9#2 12 '0& 21((1'9 0' ("#
>58+#6# <05+( LIuL Iud IIs wIreLup InIormuLIon In my Iund.
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someLIIng-yeur-oId wunnube senuLor Irom IIInoIs. You wouIdn`L
Iuppen Lo know wIere LIuL guy IIves rIgIL now, wouId you? L`s u
bIg wIILe Iouse In WusIIngLon, DC. TIuL`s wIo LIey wenL uILer.
And LIuL`s LIe !"#$%&#'( *+ (,# -'%(#& .(/(#$ now. Russ
TIce, NSA WIIsLIebIower
1
(EmpIusIs udded)
On MurcI , zo1q, IL wus reveuIed LIuL LIe CA, wILI LIe knowIedge oI Buruck
Obumu, spIed on members oI LIe SenuLe nLeIIIgence CommILLee, LIe group Lusked wILI
overseeIng cIundesLIne ugency ucLIvILIes und prevenLIng ubuses.
16
TIe ImpIIcuLIons ure
compIeLe subversIon oI oversIgIL on domesLIc spyIng. CoIIecLIveIy, LIe evIdence oI LIe
burgeonIng securILy sLuLe under Buruck Obumu reveuIs u gIobuI InIormuLIon grId wILI reuI
LIme uccess LIuL LurgeLs boLI domesLIc cILIzens und Iuwmukers In uddILIon Lo IoreIgn peopIe
und governmenLs.
0 0 0 0
1/"
L Is unoLIer common mIsconcepLIon LIuL durIng RepubIIcun presIdencIes we Iuve
perIods oI wur, und durIng DemocruLIc presIdencIes we Iuve perIods oI peuce. OI 'oIIIcIuI'
wurs IL Is cerLuInIy LIe cuse LIuL LIe GuII Wur, AIgIunIsLun und ruq wur were begun by
H.W. und W. BusI. TIougI IL Is ImporLunL Lo quunLIIy 'oIIIcIuI' becuuse LIere Ius noL been
u Lrue decIuruLIon oI wur sInce WorId Wur . AILer uII, BIII CIInLon dropped bombs on no
Iess LIun Iour sovereIgn counLrIes: ruq, SerbIu, AIgIunIsLun, und Sudun.
And CIInLon wus ubIe Lo geL uwuy wILI muInLuInIng one oI LIe durkesL sLuIns on
135Russ Tice's interview available here.
136!"# %&'()*'+, 'Obama knew CIA secretly monitored intelligence committee, senator claims, March 5, 2014