![]() NSA, a lawsuit filed in September 2008 seeking to stop the warrantless wiretapping and hold the government and government officials behind the program accountable. Currently, EFF is representing victims of the illegal surveillance program in Jewel v. (See EFF’s How It Works page here for more)ĮFF is fighting these illegal activities in the courts. Finally, the media reports confirm the “upstream” collection off of the fiberoptic cables that Mr. Moreover, the media reports confirm that the government is collecting and analyzing the content of communications of foreigners talking to persons inside the United States, as well as collecting much more, without a probable cause warrant. The reports showed-and the government later admitted-that the government is mass collecting phone metadata of all US customers under the guise of the Patriot Act. In June 2013, the media, led by the Guardian and Washington Post started publishing a series of articles, along with full government documents, that have confirmed much of what was reported in 20 and then some. Secret government documents, published by the media in 2013, confirm the NSA obtains full copies of everything that is carried along major domestic fiber optic cable networks. As one expert observed, “this isn’t a wiretap, it’s a country-tap.” This copying includes both domestic and international Internet activities of AT&T customers. The undisputed documents show that AT&T installed a fiberoptic splitter at its facility at 611 Folsom Street in San Francisco that makes copies of all emails web browsing and other Internet traffic to and from AT&T customers and provides those copies to the NSA. In early 2006, EFF obtained whistleblower evidence (.pdf) from former AT&T technician Mark Klein showing that AT&T is cooperating with the illegal surveillance. All of these surveillance activities are in violation of the privacy safeguards established by Congress and the US Constitution. Those news reports, combined with a USA Today story in May 2006 and the statements of several members of Congress, revealed that the NSA is also receiving wholesale copies of American's telephone and other communications records. News reports in December 2005 first revealed that the National Security Agency (NSA) has been intercepting Americans’ phone calls and Internet communications. History of NSA Spying Information since 2005 (See EFF’s full timeline of events here ) Since this was first reported on by the press and discovered by the public in late 2005, EFF has been at the forefront of the effort to stop it and bring government surveillance programs back within the law and the Constitution. Meanwhile, Iran has also announced that it is ramping up enrichment of low-grade uranium and will pass the limit it is allowed to stockpile under the nuclear deal on June 27, a spokesman for the Iranian atomic agency announced Monday.ĬNN’s Alex Marquardt contributed to this report.The US government, with assistance from major telecommunications carriers including AT&T, has engaged in massive, illegal dragnet surveillance of the domestic communications and communications records of millions of ordinary Americans since at least 2001. ![]() The US has blamed the attack of two tankers in the vital shipping route Strait of Hormuz on Iran. The remarks come amid the announcement that the US would send 1,000 additional troops and more military resources to the Middle East amid rising tensions with Iran. It also added that joint political, military and security initiatives would be reviewed in order to manage “mutual security challenges and threats.” Shamkhani arrived in the southern Russian city of Ufa on Tuesday to attend a two-day international security forum, after receiving an official invitation from his Russian counterpart, Nikolay Patrushev.Īccording to IRNA, national security, economic sustainable development and hybrid threats will be discussed during the forum. Iranian National Security Secretary Ali Shamkhani first made the claims on the eve of a trip to Russia – without providing any details or evidence for them – saying documents regarding Iran’s counter cyber-espionage operation against the CIA would be released “soon,” the state-run news agency, IRNA, reported Monday. Trump downplays tanker attacks in contrast to his national security team (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images On his way to Montoursville, Pennsylvania, Trump said that Iran does not currently pose a direct threat to the United States. President Donald Trump walks toward journalists as he departs the White House for a campaign rally in Pennsylvania in Washington, DC.
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