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"There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with
power to endanger the public liberty." - - - - John Adams

Thursday, May 4, 2017

Obama sought NSA intel on Americans during the 2016 election



And the GOP keeps funding the
1984 Police Surveillance State


(Circa)  -  During his final year in office, President Barack Obama’s team significantly expanded efforts to search National Security Agency intercepts for information about Americans, distributing thousands of intelligence reports across government with the unredacted names of U.S. residents during the midst of a divisive 2016 presidential election.

The data, made available this week by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, provides the clearest evidence to date of how information accidentally collected by the NSA overseas about Americans was subsequently searched and disseminated after President Obama loosened privacy protections to make such sharing easier in 2011 in the name of national security. A court affirmed his order.

The revelations are particularly sensitive since the NSA is legally forbidden from directly spying on Americans and its authority to conduct warrantless searches on foreigners is up for renewal in Congress later this year. And it comes as lawmakers investigate President Trump’s own claims his privacy was violated by his predecessor during the 2016 election.

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2 comments:

GOODSTUFF said...

No news from the DEA

Anonymous said...

No news from the DEA .
The south border open as usual , so drugs pouring in , and dollars and guns pouring out .
The gangs keep running the show .
As Obama a former US President trojan horse of doom .