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• "there were the final negotiations - in the House of Representatives !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "for the "USA Freedom Act" - intended to constrain the NSA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

• "legislative aides were working - to finalize the bill !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "in the debate about the - surveillance reform bill !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "but there were concerns - because of their past track record !"

 

 

 

 

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• "of interpreting - laws !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "lawyers presented - a variety of - hypothetical cases !"

 

 

 

 

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• "with the goal - lobbied to minimize !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "in the same time - they were trying to reassure - its overseers - that they will abide by new congressional action !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "those behind the legislation - have labored - to craft the terms !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "of the bill in a way - that avoids loopholes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the architects of the bill - were concerned about the ways - of reinterpretion !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Interview with William Binney - Democracy Now: LINK ¤ DEMOCRACY NOW

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• "William Binney - resigned from the NSA in 2001 - to protest programmes !"

 

 

• "he had been at first a senior crypto-mathematician - and then technical director !"

 

 

 

 

 

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Democracy Now: - "Edward Snowden said - a person !"

 

• "did not have to have done - anything wrong !"

 

 

 

 

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• "it simply had to eventually fall - under suspicion - from somebody !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "for whatever reason - even by a wrong call !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "and then they could use the system - went back in time - in the past !"

 

 

 

 

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• "if they could find suspicion - in an innocent life ?!"

 

 

 

 

 

• "William Binney said - "that was - why he left !""

 

 

 

 

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• "we have to have - more control - and more accountability !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "it was about call records - and data - the content !"

 

 

 

 

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• "( was the real weight - the storage facility - in Bluffdale ! )"

 

 

 

 

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• "just graphing the relationships - was a pretty simple thing to do !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Democracy Now: - "why Google - Yahoo - Microsoft - Apple - and Facebook ?!"

 

• "from their perspective - they saw missing points !"

 

 

 

 

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• "and they wanted to fill in - the gaps !"

 

 

 

 

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Democracy Now: - "what he felt - when he left - after decades ?!"

 

• "when they started in 2001 - data - on US citizens !"

 

 

 

 

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• "he just could not - he could not stay there !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "he could not be - a party - to that !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "Qwest - the CEO of Qwest - was approached in February of 2001 !"

 

 

 

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• "customer data - and US call records !"

 

 

 

 

 

• "the former Qwest CEO Joe Nacchio - demanded a court order - under FISA !"

 

 

 

 

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• "they prosecuted him - and he was in prison !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "why he was so concerned - was that information - and knowledge !"

 

 

 

 

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• "could leverage - a judge !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "he tried to work internally - to get people - to do something about it !"

 

 

 

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• "but their reaction was - they attempted to falsely - prosecute him !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Democracy Now: - "what actually happened to him ?!"

 

• "they came in - and there were like 12 FBI agents !"

 

 

 

 

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• "and they tried to get him - they said they wanted him - to tell them !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "something that would be - implicate someone - in a crime !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• ""OK" - he said - "he told them about the crime - he knew about"  !"

 

 

 

 

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• "Hayden - Tenet - George Bush - and Dick Cheney - conspired to subvert the Constitution !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "he talked about the program - Stellar Wind - data came in !"

 

 

 

 

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• "they graphed it - and they bypassed the courts !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "they did not tell the courts - about this program !"

 

 

 

 

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• "and they did not solicit - any approval - from the courts !"

 

 

 

 

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• "they also only told - four people - initially in Congress !"

 

 

 

 

 

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Democracy Now: - "what most surprised him - about the series of revelations ?!"

 

• "his biggest surprise - was not "Prism" - but the serial number !"

 

 

 

 

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• "of the court order - that was published - at the top !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "it was - 13-80 !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "that meant - it was the 80th order - of 2013 - of the FISA court !"

 

 

 

 

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• "those orders would address individually - every quarter - this was the second quarter !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "then there could be - at a minimum - 40 companies - involved !"

 

 

 

 

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• "it would be a mix of - telcoms - and Internet service providers !"

 

 

 

 

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Democracy Now: - "private contractors - and outsourcing ?!"

 

• "was a problem - since at least 10 years !"

 

 

 

 

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• "( a dependency - because of the programs ! )"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "that means these contractors - must also be controlled !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "( because of access - to information ! )"

 

 

 

 

 

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Democracy Now: - "did he see Edward Snowden - as a truth teller ?!"

 

• "( Snowden used the codename Verax - which means "truth teller"  ! )"

 

 

 

 

 

• "he was telling - the truth !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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when Edward Snowden's Identity was revealed - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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• "they were determined - that the world would first hear - about Snowden !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "his actions - and his motives !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "from Edward Snowden himself - and not through a campaign !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "um - his name is - Ed Snowden !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "the now-famous film - begins !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "Snowden goes on to provide - crisp - stoic - rational responses - to each question !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "it is time - to enter the part - of the plan !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "where he asks the world - for protection - and justice !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"