"In response to a FOIA request from USA TODAY, the Justice Department said its ethics office never looked into complaints from two federal judges that they had been misled about NSA surveillance," reports USA Today's Brian Heath. An email exchange between the reporter and a Justice rep published at Cryptome.org reveals that the government clearly did not want this story published.
Report: Justice ethics watchdog didn't look into judges' NSA concerns
How a retired technician handed EFF the proof of NSA mass spying
On the sixth floor of an AT&T building on Folsom Street in San Francisco, a locked room labeled 641A held the hardware that gave the NSA a copy of every… READ THE REST
Mini-documentary about Pittsburgh's Long Lines telecom fortress
You've likely heard of the menacingly brutalist AT&T Long Lines skycraper in Manhattan, a massive telecommunications center believed to house an NSA surveillance facility and the inspiration behind the Oldest… READ THE REST
Public will be stunned by NSA Section 702, says Sen. Wyden
Senator Ron Wyden says the NSA is doing something with Section 702 surveillance that the government won't tell Congress about — and when it's eventually declassified, the public "will be… READ THE REST
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