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1awake

(1,494 posts) Tue Sep 10, 2013, 08:58 PM Sep 2013

Surprise! The NSA Repeatedly Violated Court Rules on Data Protection

In news that you already assumed was already happening, the NSA declassified documents that reveal repeated violations of American's phone records. A judge said the NSA had "daily violations" for over two years and that "thousands" of American phone numbers had been improperly accessed.

Is it massive incompetence or a blatant disregard for privacy? Probably a little of both...

http://gizmodo.com/surprise-the-nsa-repeatedly-violated-court-rules-on-da-1288331948

http://icontherecord.tumblr.com/post/60867560465/dni-clapper-declassifies-intelligence-community

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/10/nsa-violated-court-rules-data-documents

Yea... not exactly surprising these days.

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