The Verizon scandal and NSA's PRISM surveillance program

[Spang]

The United States is #1 at something else that isn't good:

 

[beancounter]

How does that graph look from a per capita perspective?

The United States is #1 at something else that isn't good:

 

[peacefulveglady]

My husband always says that they are looking for bad people more then spying on you, blame it on the bad people for these things. However, if you must talk to someone about a private matter you myswell do it in person.

 

[ledboots]

Well the latest leak from the Hong Kong guy, Snowden.

"Latest Snowden leak implicates GCHQ in a big way
The British government has gained illicit access the world's communications infrastructure and is storing an unfathomable amount of phone calls, emails and online communications, according to the latest alarming leak from the ongoing surveillance scandal.

The new information from National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden claims to lift the lid on initiatives from the U.K. Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), which Snowden said is worse for spying on citizens than its U.S. counterpart.

As reported by the Guardian, the documents make reference to two initiatives known as 'Mastering the Internet' and 'Global Telecoms Exploitation,' which have apparently been in operation for 18 months." http://m.techradar.com/news/interne...cated-in-latest-leak-1160852?src=rss&attr=all

 

[Spang]

The corporate media's coverage of the Edward Snowden leaks are revealing just how similar they are to state-controlled media:

After Snowden made it out of Hong Kong to Russia, New York Times journalist and CNBC talking head Andrew Ross Sorkin expressed his frustration: "We've screwed this up, to even let him get to Russia." By "we," he meant the U.S. government.

Last time I checked, Sorkin was working for the Times and CNBC, not the CIA or FBI.

When a huge swath of the country is on the side of the guy-on-the-run and not the government, it's much easier to see that there's nothing "objective" or "neutral" about journalists who so closely identify with the spy agencies or Justice Department or White House.