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Utah Springs Surprise Tax on Massive NSA Data Center

http://www.readability.com

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The National Security Agency should complete construction of its 1 million square foot data center near Bluffdale, Utah, this year. As Wired first reported last year, its purpose is to intercept, analyze and store data passing through both domestic and foreign communications networks — including the e-mails, phone calls and Google search history of U.S. citizens.

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UK: Police spies stole identities of dead children

http://www.guardian.co.uk

Britain's largest police force stole the identities of an estimated 80 dead children and issued fake passports in their names for use by undercover police officers.

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Air Force Drowning in Drone Footage Hires ESPN Gameday Experts

http://www.ubergizmo.com

The Air Force has enlisted the help of ESPN in order to go through and perform a thorough analysis on the copious amounts of video footage recorded from drone missions. Considering how the total number of UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) there are scouring the world, with a ton of footage being transmitted back to base in real-time, the Air Force has an unenviable task of poring over the data.

ESPN’s role would see them fall back on their expertise in sorting through the large amounts of game footage every single day.

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Vast New Spying Program Was Started in Secret on a Bogus Pretext

http://www.aclu.org

The Wall Street Journal today published an in-depth review of a new, relatively unknown program run by the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC). Although we have been warning about the dangers of the program for months, and I testified before Congress about the issue in July, the Journal’s story conveys how controversial the program was even inside the government. It also describes the broad scope of new authority the government is granting itself.

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The dangers of N.S.A. domestic spying

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William Binney is among a group of N.S.A. whistle-blowers, including Thomas A. Drake, who have each risked everything — their freedom, livelihoods and personal relationships — to warn Americans about the dangers of N.S.A. domestic spying; A top-secret program he says is broadly collecting Americans' personal data.

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How The NYPD Overstated Their Counterterrorism Record

http://www.huffingtonpost.com

The NYPD is regularly held up as one of the most sophisticated and significant counterterrorism operations in the country. As evidence of the NYPD's excellence, the department, its allies and the media have repeatedly said the department has thwarted or helped thwart 14 terrorist plots against New York since Sept 11.

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Judge keeps CIA volume on Bay of Pigs secret

http://www.cbsnews.com

(AP) WASHINGTON - A federal judge has ruled that a final volume of the CIA's three-decade-old history on the failed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba can remain shrouded in secrecy because it is a draft, not a finished product.

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FBI’s Network of Informants Created Most of the Terrorist Plots

http://www.veteranstoday.com

The FBI has built a massive network of spies to prevent another domestic attack. But are they busting terrorist plots—or leading them?

by Trevor Aaronson, Alternet

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Again: FBI congratulates themselves for foiling their own plot

http://www.libertyconfidential.com

This story about the FBI busting "anarchists" for trying to blow up a bridge even has the NY Times wondering why we have an agency that -- like children -- creates their own terrorist plots, "solves" the crime, and gives themselves a round of applause.

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The Secrets of the CIA

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Documentary on the Secrets of The CIA. No wonder the rest of the world "hates" us, millions of dollars of our money was spent to sabotage other governments and start irrational wars.

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Lawyer sues Facebook for tracking his actions after logging off.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com

A Facebook user has filed a federal lawsuit against the social networking giant, claiming it violated wiretap laws with a tracking cookie that records web browsing history after logging off of Facebook.

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FBI Conducts Threat Assessment on Antiwar.Com

http://www.emptywheel.net

Antiwar.com has a troubling story detailing how what appears to be either an FBI counterintelligence investigation of suspected Israeli spies or an attempt to track down everyone who had posted terrorist watch lists online led to the FBI to investigate the site and Justin Raimondo and Eric Garris.

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House Rejects Extensions of PATRIOT Act

http://news.yahoo.com

The House on Tuesday failed to extend the life of three surveillance tools that are key to the nation's post-Sept. 11 anti-terror law, a slipup for the new Republican leadership that miscalculated the level of opposition.

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Local media investigation kills police use of drones!

http://www.washingtonpost.com

In Houston where aerial drones were tried out, local media investigations stopped their use be Houston Police.

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U.S. intelligence chief draws blank on London terror plot

http://news.yahoo.com

NIA Chief doesn't know about London arrests concerning terror suspects' arrests

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Wikileaks accuser admits being on CIA payroll

http://www.datelinezero.com

Anna Ardin, one of two women behind the rape charges against the WIkiLeaks founder, may no longer be cooperating with prosecutors. Not only is she no longer in the country, but she’s blabbing about having worked with the CIA, according to her own comments made at Twitter.

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Massive US Intel Cost Revealed: $80 Billion for 2010

http://news.antiwar.com

US government offers first full disclosure of spying costs ever.

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US Orders Media Blackout?

http://www.intelligencequarterly.com

A grim report circulating in the Kremlin today written by Russia’s Northern Fleet is reporting that the United States has ordered a complete media blackout over North Korea’s torpedoing of the giant Deepwater Horizon oil platform

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The Snitch in Your Pocket

http://www.newsweek.com

Law enforcement is tracking Americans' cell phones in real time—without the benefit of a warrant. Federal prosecutors are seeking the locations of cell phone customers' via company records--sometimes in real time, sometimes after the fact.

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