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Edward Snowden - answers Reader Questions
- the Guardian
: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN


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Question: - "why did you at first choose - Hong Kong ?!"




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  • "it is a safe place - for a whistleblower !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "and because at home - there would not be - a fair trial !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "they openly claimed treason - and that the disclosure of secret !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "itself would had been criminal - and even unconstitutional act !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "there must be - justice !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "he does not volunteer himself to it - he can do more good - outside !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "in the revelations - there was no operation - of a military target !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "but civilian infrastructure - universities - hospitals - and private businesses !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "they must be more careful - this are critical systems !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "what would be - if they would make a - technical mistake ?!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "network operations - without asked for public permission !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "and many of the countries - were allies !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "and for - what ?!"

 



 

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  • "the public - needs to know - such kinds of things !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Question: - "what meant - "direct access"  ?!"




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  • "if analysts had access to query - raw SIGINT databases ! - ( NSA - FBI - CIA - DIA ! )"

 

 

 

 

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  • "they could enter - and get results - for anything they wanted !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "phone number - email - user id - cell phone handset id - IMEI !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "the restrictions against this - were policy based - not technically based !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "and audits were cursory - incomplete - and easily fooled by fake justifications !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Question: - "could an analyst listen - to content of a US call - without a warrant ?!"




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  • "USA communications were collected - and viewed on a daily basis !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "( FISA Amendments Act - and its section 702 authorities ! )"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "on the certification of an analyst - rather than a warrant !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "they excused this as - "incidental" - collection !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "but at the end of the day - they had the content - of USA communications !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "even in the event of "warranted" intercept - it was important to understand !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "they did not always deal with - what you would consider a "real" warrant - like a Police department !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "the "warrant" was more of a - templated form - they filled out !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "and sent to a reliable judge - with a rubber stamp !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Question: - "what did you mean with - they had the content of the US communication ?!"




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  • "they had both - a record of it - and the actual content !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "if the email address - of a person was targeted - for example under FAA 702 !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "and that email address sent something - the analyst got it !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "IPs - raw data - content - headers - and attachments !"

 

 


 

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  • "and it got - saved !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Question: - "what were your thoughts on Google's and Facebook's - denials ?!"




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  • "they were legally compelled to it - and maintained their silence !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "in regard to specifics - of the program !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "but that does not comply them - from ethical obligation !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "if for example Apple - and Google - refused to provide cooperation with them !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "what do you think - they would do ?! - they cannot - shut them down !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Question: - "he sitting at his desk - had the authorities - targeted in the USA"  !"




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  • "a person - an accountant - a federal judge - do you stand by that ?!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "yes - he stands by it !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "US persons did enjoy - limited policy protections !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "it was important to understand - that policy protection - was no protection !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "policy was a one-way ratchet - that only loosened !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "and one weak - technical protection !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "the filter was constantly - out of date !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "was set at - what is euphemistically referred to as !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "the "widest allowable - aperture"  !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "and could be stripped out - at any time !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Question: - "is encrypting emails good - is the data protected by standard encryption ?!"




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  • "encryption - works !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "properly implemented - strong crypto systems !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "are one of the things - that you can rely on !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "but endpoint security - has sometimes to be bettered !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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G20 Summit - the Guardian:
LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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  • "documents from the GCHQ - described the G20 summit !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "two meetings - of foreign politicians and officials - in London !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "their computers - and their phone calls !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "there have often been rumours of this kind - but it was highly unusual for hard evidence !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "the top secret documents described - the G20 meetings !"

 

 

 

 

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  • ""ground-breaking intelligence" - the communications of visiting delegations !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "Internet cafes - where they used an email - interception programme !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "key-logging software had looked at delegates' - use of computers !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "and at delegates' BlackBerrys - their email messages - and phone calls !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "45 analysts with a live round-the-clock summary - of who was phoning who - at the summit !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "documents from the NSA - described specialists !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "targeted encrypted phone calls - from London to Moscow !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "targeted the Russian president - and Russian delegates !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "a group of analysts - had sent an internal message !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "the call records activity - had been successful - and was well received !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SNOWDEN - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ SNOWDEN

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  • "Edward Snowden - is a whistleblower !!!!!!!!!!!!"

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Verschlüsselung hilft
- der Standard: LINK ¤ der STANDARD

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  • "Edward Snowden - beantwortet Fragen - in einem Forum !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

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  • "beim Programm "Prism" - war ein Schutz von US-Bürgern - rein theoretischer Natur !"

 

 

 

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  • "denn in technischer Hinsicht - hatte es nur eine Hürde gegeben !"

 

 

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  • "und einen Filter - mit chronisch veralteten Daten !"

 

 

 

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  • "Edward Snowden verweist darauf - dass Verschlüsselung funktioniert !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

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  • "vor allem ordentlich implementierte - starke Verschlüsselungssysteme !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "gehören zu den Dingen - auf die man sich verlassen kann !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

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  • "aber die Sicherheit an den Endpunkten - war manchmal verbesserungswürdig !"

 

 

 

 

 

 


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G-20 Gipfel - der Standard: LINK ¤ der STANDARD

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  • "Dokumente vom GCHQ - beschrieben einen G-20-Gipfel - in London !"

 

 

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  • "Telefone und Computer - von Politikern - und Diplomaten !"

 


 

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  • "die Dokumente beschrieben - 45 Analysten !"

 

 

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  • "Mobiltelefone - von den Gipfelteilnehmern !"

 

 

 

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  • "ein eigens eingerichtetes Internetcafé - sollte die Delegationsteilnehmer hinlocken !"

 

 

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  • "wo sämtliche Computer - dann Verbindung aufgenommen hatten !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SNOWDEN - Wikipedia DE: LINK ¤ SNOWDEN

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  • "Edward Snowden - ist ein Whistleblower !!!!!!!!!!!!"

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