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The Alternative Media Getting Harassed by the NSA – Video

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The Alternative Media Getting Harassed by the NSA
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NSA Insider Reveals Shocking Ebola News – Video

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NSA Insider Reveals Shocking Ebola News
NSA Whistleblower Wayne Madsen reveals shocking Ebola info he discovered while attending a conference in Tehran. http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/ Follow Alex on TWITTER ...

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James Risen on NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden: He Sparked a New National Debate on Surveillance – Video

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James Risen on NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden: He Sparked a New National Debate on Surveillance
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Senator Rand Paul NSA Still Collecting Records on Congress – Video

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Senator Rand Paul NSA Still Collecting Records on Congress
WASHINGTON Government spying on American citizens has sparked public outrage, but it has not caught fire as a major issue in this year #39;s congressional election. Senator Rand Paul NSA Still...

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NSA Sentry Eagle placed spies in private companies

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The National Security Agency (NSA) has since 2004 sent spies into private companies in a bid to compromise networks from within, according to documents leaked by Edward Snowden.

Agents sent in by the NSA targeted global communications firms under a highly classified 'core secrets' program dubbed Sentry Eagle previously known only to a handful of officials.

The documents published by Snowden mouthpiece The Intercept indicate operatives in the core secrets program worked in concert with companies to weaken encryption and spent hundreds of millions of dollars to break security mechanisms.

Draft documents published online detailing Sentry Eagle explain that the program used the "full capabilities" of signals intelligence (SIGINT), computer exploitation, defence and network warfare to ensure the protection of US cyberspace.

The document listed facts ranging from unclassified to top secret necessitating "extraordinary protection", and demonstrated the chasm between unclassified information the NSA saw fit for public consumption and that appearing at times too sensitive for the eyes of allies.

Programs in the latter camp include an effort dubbed Raven which, according to unclassified information, reveal that the NSA "exploits foreign ciphers", and also worked with US commercial companies to weaken encryption systems.

Publication of the "facts relating to NSA personnel (under cover), operational meetings, specific operations, specific technologies, specific locations and covert communications related to SIGINT" were all banned under these efforts.

A sentry program called Owl proved the NSA worked with US and foreign commercial companies and "partners" to make their products exploitable for SIGINT; Hawk detailed network exploitation; Raven on cracking encryption; Condor on network attacks; Falcon on defense, and Osprey on intelligence agency cooperation.

The documents revealed field agents working under the Osprey program for target exploitation (TAREX) alongside the CIA, FBI and the Pentagon. These personnel dabbled in clandestine 'off net' operations, intercepting and compromising a targets' assets through the supply chain.

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Debate: Does Mass Phone Data Collection Violate The 4th Amendment?

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John Yoo, a former lawyer with the U.S. Department of Justice, argues that the NSA's phone records surveillance program is constitutional. Jeff Fusco /Intelligence Squared U.S. hide caption

John Yoo, a former lawyer with the U.S. Department of Justice, argues that the NSA's phone records surveillance program is constitutional.

The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees that "the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated."

Legal scholars and courts have been wrangling for more than a year over whether the National Security Agency's collection of millions of Americans' phone records a program first disclosed to the public by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden in 2013 violates those protections. Some legal experts disagree over whether the record collection even qualifies as a search or seizure, and, if it does, whether collecting those records is "unreasonable" or requires a warrant.

In a recent Intelligence Squared U.S. debate, two teams of constitutional law experts faced off on the motion "Mass Collection of U.S. Phone Records Violates The Fourth Amendment." In these Oxford-style debates, the team that sways the most people to its side by the end is the winner.

Before the debate, the audience at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia voted 46 percent in favor of the motion and 17 percent against, with 37 percent undecided. After the debate, 66 percent agreed with the motion and 28 percent were opposed. That made the team arguing in favor of the motion the winner of the debate.

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The Constitutional Accountability Center's Elizabeth Wydra, with teammate Alex Abdo of the ACLU, argues that collecting data that can reveal "deeply private information" without suspicion of wrongdoing violates the Fourth Amendment. Jeff Fusco/Intelligence Squared U.S. hide caption

The Constitutional Accountability Center's Elizabeth Wydra, with teammate Alex Abdo of the ACLU, argues that collecting data that can reveal "deeply private information" without suspicion of wrongdoing violates the Fourth Amendment.

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Amendment to give the governor power to abolish the SRC falls flat

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SOLOMON LEACH, Daily News Staff Writer leachs@phillynews.com, 215-854-5903 Posted: Wednesday, October 15, 2014, 3:01 AM

A STATE Senate committee yesterday shot down a proposal that would have given the governor the authority to abolish the School Reform Commission, the body that oversees the Philadelphia School District.

The Senate Appropriations Committee voted down the amendment along party lines, 14-9, with no Republicans supporting it. The committee also rejected a second amendment that would have required the SRC to provide 48 hours' notice before holding a meeting. Both amendments were attached to a bill regarding home-schooling.

Currently, the SRC would have to vote to dissolve itself, with the permission of the secretary of education.

State Sen. Vincent Hughes, of Philadelphia, who sponsored the amendments, said he is disappointed in the result, but satisfied that lawmakers got their message across.

"The transparency issue, I think everyone should be concerned about," said Hughes, the top Democrat on the committee. "No one is going to lose sight of how they behaved."

Hughes crafted the amendments after the SRC unilaterally canceled the district's contract with the teachers union last week and imposed health-care benefits changes, which he called a "cowardly" act.

A movement to get rid of the five-member commission was gaining steam even before last week's actions. City Council recently approved a nonbinding resolution for the May ballot asking voters whether they wanted to abolish the SRC. Tom Wolf, the Democratic candidate for governor, has said he favors that change.

Despite yesterday's defeat, Hughes said he would not rule out trying to get a vote on the amendments by the full Senate before its final session today. If that is unsuccessful, he will reintroduce it next year.

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First amendment denied at Baldwin county al clerks office – Video

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First amendment denied at Baldwin county al clerks office
Just holding public servants accountable sorry the vid sucks first one very nervous.

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First amendment denied part 1 Baldwin county al – Video

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It was fine for me to record until I asked questions about wearing my hat then the deputy told the clerk I was recording I ended up pussing out and paying ti...

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First Amendment test. NYC FUCK YOU PIG! – Video

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First Amendment test. NYC FUCK YOU PIG!
Nypd pass first amendment test only after being reminded of oath. Fuck the police! COP=criminals on patrol, cowards on patrol.

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