The government has become an expert in finding ways to sidestep what it considers “inconvenient laws” aimed at ensuring accountability and thereby bringing about government transparency and protecting citizen privacy. Indeed, it has mastered the art of stealth maneuvers and end-runs around the Constitution. It knows all too well how to hide its nefarious, covert, clandestine activities behind the classified language of national security and terrorism. And when that doesn’t suffice, it obfuscates, complicates, stymies or just plain bamboozles the public into remaining in the dark. Case in point: the National Security Agency has been diverting “internet traffic, normally safeguarded by constitutional protections, overseas in order to conduct unrestrained data collection on Americans.” It’s extraordinary rendition all over again, only this time it’s surveillance being outsourced instead of torture.
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Show Notes
“NSA's use of 'traffic shaping' allows unrestrained spying on Americans,” ZDNet
“More Than 50 Countries Helped the CIA Outsource Torture,” Wired
“File Says N.S.A. Found Way to Replace Email Program,” The New York Times
“Legal loopholes could allow wider NSA surveillance, researchers say,” CBS News
“NSA broke into Yahoo and Google data centers around world, report says,” CBS News
“NSA Ends Sept. 11-Era Surveillance Program,” NPR
“10 ways America has come to resemble a banana republic,” Salon
“Microsoft to follow Amazon into UK with cloud hosting service,” PC World
“Our Partners,” Domestic Surveillance Directorate
“The NSA is watching. So are Google and Facebook,” Los Angeles Times
“Dystopia, Digital Detoxes, And How 'Black Mirror' Helps Us Make Sense Of The Apple Watch,” Forbes
“Forget Credit Cards, Now You Can Pay With Your Eyes,” Smithsonian
“Rise of 'voiceprint' ID technology has privacy campaigners concerned,” The Guardian
“Google’s secret NSA alliance: The terrifying deals between Silicon Valley and the security state,” Salon
“The Details About the CIA's Deal With Amazon,” The Atlantic
“ATT, Verizon, Sprint Are Paid Cash By NSA For Your Private Communications,” Forbes
“What You Need To Know About The NSA Reform Bill Passing Through Congress,” ThinkProgress
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