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The documents detailing this leak were released by [[Edward J. Snowden]], a former defense contractor, and IT specialist on June 6th, 2013, after the whistle blower informed [[The Guardian]] newspaper of the [[UK]]. The documents leaked included a 41 slide PowerPoint presentation on the mechanisms and [[moral]]ly questionable motives of PRISM. The documents also revealed the identities of the various companies actively releasing user information to the [[United States government]].  
 
The documents detailing this leak were released by [[Edward J. Snowden]], a former defense contractor, and IT specialist on June 6th, 2013, after the whistle blower informed [[The Guardian]] newspaper of the [[UK]]. The documents leaked included a 41 slide PowerPoint presentation on the mechanisms and [[moral]]ly questionable motives of PRISM. The documents also revealed the identities of the various companies actively releasing user information to the [[United States government]].  
  
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==International Response==
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==International response==
 
The leak of PRISM resulted almost immediately in outrage from various countries. From the [[Netherlands]], Sophie in 't Veld, MeP, called it a violation of [[International law]]. Sharp criticisms of [[hypocrisy]] came from the [[People's Republic of China]], claiming that while the United States accused China of espionage, the United States was conducting global espionage on a massive scale. The [[German]] Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information has decried the program as "monstrous", and even the [[United Kingdom]] has stated it has concerns about the legality, and scope of Prism.
 
The leak of PRISM resulted almost immediately in outrage from various countries. From the [[Netherlands]], Sophie in 't Veld, MeP, called it a violation of [[International law]]. Sharp criticisms of [[hypocrisy]] came from the [[People's Republic of China]], claiming that while the United States accused China of espionage, the United States was conducting global espionage on a massive scale. The [[German]] Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information has decried the program as "monstrous", and even the [[United Kingdom]] has stated it has concerns about the legality, and scope of Prism.
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== See Also ==
 
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* Perpetual [[War on Drugs]], [[War on Terror]] and the [[Police state]]
 
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* [[Patriot Act]] - [[NDAA]]
 
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* [[Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act]] of the [[Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court]]
 
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* [[Wikileaks]] and [[Julian Assange]] - [[Australia]]n [[leftist]] [[hacker]]
 
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* [[Bradley Manning]] - [[Homosexual]] [[Traitor]] of [[State secret]]s
 
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* [[Social media]]: Facebook, Twitter, [[Google]] Plus, [[Youtube]], [[Yahoo]]
 
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* [[NSA]] and other [[intelligence]] [[mass surveillance]]: [[PRISM]].
 
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* [[Big government]] [[ObamaCare]]-[[Common Core]]-[[Social Security]] [[Welfare state]] leads to [[Nanny state]], leads to [[Police state]]: [[Globalist]]-[[Statist]]-[[Socialist]]-[[Communist]]
 
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* [[Liberal totalitarianism]]
 
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'''Contrast with:'''
 
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* [[Unalienable rights]] of the [[Bill of Rights]]: [[First Amendment]], [[Fourth Amendment]], [[Fifth Amendment]]
 
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* [[Right to Privacy]] and [[Common law privacy rights]]
 
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* [[Conservative values]] and [[Libertarian]] [[American values]] of [[Limited government]] and [[liberty]]
 
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* [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]]
 
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* [[Steganography]]
 
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* [[Encryption]]: [[Cryptography]]-[[Cryptanalysis]]-[[Cryptology]]-[[Data encryption]]-[[Public-key encryption]]
 
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* [[Prism-break.org]] - Opt out of global data [[surveillance]] programs like [[PRISM]], [[XKeyscore]] and [[Tempora]].<ref>"Help make [[mass surveillance]] of entire populations uneconomical! We all have an [[unalienable right]] to [[privacy]], which you can exercise today by [[encrypting]] your communications and ending your reliance on proprietary products and services."</ref>
 
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* [[Open source]] [[Free software]] not [[Microsoft]]-[[Apple]]-[[Google]]-[[Android]]
 
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* [[Tails operating system]] and [[Tor browser]]
 
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* [[Duck Duck Go]] [[search engine]] instead of [[Google]], [[Yahoo]] and [[Bing]]
 
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* [[Hologram of Liberty - The Constitution's Shocking Alliance With Big Government]] by [[Boston T. Party]] a.k.a.[[Kenneth W. Royce]]
 
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* [[One Nation, Under Surveillance - Privacy From the Watchful Eye]] by [[Boston T. Party]]
 
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* [[Electronic Communications Privacy Act]] of 1986
 
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* [[Privacy Act of 1974]]
 
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* [[Edward J. Snowden]]
 
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* [[Libertarian|Libertarian values]] and [[Conservative values]]/[[Traditional values]] are the original [[American]] [[Patriot]] values
 
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* [[American values]] and [[Small town values]] of [[Real America]]
 
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* [[Capitalism]] and [[Free enterprise]]
 
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* [[Family values]] and [[Parental rights]]: [[Sanctity of life]], [[Family]]-[[Marriage]], [[Homeschooling]] teaching [[Virtue]], [[Duty]], and [[Self-reliance]]
 
  
 
==References==
 
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* https://charlescarrollsociety.com/2013/06/10/prism-yes-they-can
 
* https://charlescarrollsociety.com/2013/06/10/prism-yes-they-can
 
* https://charlescarrollsociety.com/2013/05/06/memo-to-the-police-state-progressives-please-let-his-people-go
 
* https://charlescarrollsociety.com/2013/05/06/memo-to-the-police-state-progressives-please-let-his-people-go
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* https://charlescarrollsociety.com/2012/09/15/no-knock-raid-a-great-video
 
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* https://charlescarrollsociety.com/2014/02/12/amrd-t-a-i-l-s-plastic-gloves-for-your-computer-american-redoubt - [[Tails operating system]]
 
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* https://charlescarrollsociety.com/2014/01/29/amrd-introducing-the-tor-browser-bundle/ - [[Tor browser]]
 
 
* https://prism-break.org/en - "Opt out of global data surveillance programs like [[PRISM]], [[XKeyscore]] and [[Tempora]]."<ref>"Help make [[mass surveillance]] of entire populations uneconomical. We all have a [[right to privacy]], which you can exercise today by [[encrypt]]ing your communications and ending your reliance on proprietary services."</ref>
 
* https://prism-break.org/en - "Opt out of global data surveillance programs like [[PRISM]], [[XKeyscore]] and [[Tempora]]."<ref>"Help make [[mass surveillance]] of entire populations uneconomical. We all have a [[right to privacy]], which you can exercise today by [[encrypt]]ing your communications and ending your reliance on proprietary services."</ref>
 
* https://www.eff.org - "Leading the fight against the [[NSA]]'s illegal [[mass surveillance]] program"<ref>"Organization formed in 1990 to maintain and enhance intellectual freedom, privacy, and other values of civil liberties and democracy in networked communications. Publishes newsletters, Internet Guidebooks and other documents, provides mailing lists and other online forums, and hosts a large electronic document archive. Contact: info@eff.org. 454 Shotwell Street, San Francisco, CA 94110-1914. Tel: (415) 436-9333. Fax: (415) 436-9993. Executive Director: Sheryl Steele."</ref>
 
* https://www.eff.org - "Leading the fight against the [[NSA]]'s illegal [[mass surveillance]] program"<ref>"Organization formed in 1990 to maintain and enhance intellectual freedom, privacy, and other values of civil liberties and democracy in networked communications. Publishes newsletters, Internet Guidebooks and other documents, provides mailing lists and other online forums, and hosts a large electronic document archive. Contact: info@eff.org. 454 Shotwell Street, San Francisco, CA 94110-1914. Tel: (415) 436-9333. Fax: (415) 436-9993. Executive Director: Sheryl Steele."</ref>
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* http://lifehacker.com/just-delete-me-is-a-massive-list-of-links-to-close-all-1245040101
 
* http://lifehacker.com/just-delete-me-is-a-massive-list-of-links-to-close-all-1245040101
 
* [http://epic.org/privacy/privacy_resources_faq.html Online Guide to Privacy Resources]<ref>"EPIC was established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging privacy issues relating to the National Information Infrastructure, such as the Clipper Chip, the Digital Telephony proposal, medical records privacy and the sale of consumer data. EPIC conducts litigation, sponsors conferences, produces reports, publishes the EPIC Alert and leads campaigns on privacy issues. For more information email: epic-info@epic.org, or contact EPIC, 1718 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20009. Tel: (202) 483-1140. Executive Director: Marc Rotenberg."</ref>
 
* [http://epic.org/privacy/privacy_resources_faq.html Online Guide to Privacy Resources]<ref>"EPIC was established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging privacy issues relating to the National Information Infrastructure, such as the Clipper Chip, the Digital Telephony proposal, medical records privacy and the sale of consumer data. EPIC conducts litigation, sponsors conferences, produces reports, publishes the EPIC Alert and leads campaigns on privacy issues. For more information email: epic-info@epic.org, or contact EPIC, 1718 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20009. Tel: (202) 483-1140. Executive Director: Marc Rotenberg."</ref>
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* http://www.nocards.org - [[Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email]]<ref>"CAUCE is an all volunteer, entirely web-based organization, created by Netizens to advocate for a legislative solution to the problem of UCE (spam). CAUCE began as a discussion group called SPAM-LAW, formed of members who felt that legislation was necessary to stop spam from choking the life out of the Internet. In 1997 CAUCE proposed an amendment to the Federal statute which outlaws junk "faxes" (47 USC 227) to also prohibit junk e-mail, and since then has remained a pre-eminent voice in the anti-spam community. Email: comments@cauce.org. President: Edward Cherlin."</ref>
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Revision as of 20:25, April 22, 2016

PRISM is a (formerly secret) program of the National Security Agency and the FBI to "tap directly into the central servers of nine leading U.S. Internet companies, extracting audio and video chats, photographs, e-mails, documents, and connection logs".[1] Discovery of the program, intended to track foreign targets, dismayed some Americans concerned that it might be used for domestic political advantage. Some others worried that its effectiveness in countering anti-US espionage or terrorism, might be diminished.

It has long been known that any cell phone conversation containing key words like "bomb" or "airplane" triggered NSA surveillance programs.

Leak

The documents detailing this leak were released by Edward J. Snowden, a former defense contractor, and IT specialist on June 6th, 2013, after the whistle blower informed The Guardian newspaper of the UK. The documents leaked included a 41 slide PowerPoint presentation on the mechanisms and morally questionable motives of PRISM. The documents also revealed the identities of the various companies actively releasing user information to the United States government.

International response

The leak of PRISM resulted almost immediately in outrage from various countries. From the Netherlands, Sophie in 't Veld, MeP, called it a violation of International law. Sharp criticisms of hypocrisy came from the People's Republic of China, claiming that while the United States accused China of espionage, the United States was conducting global espionage on a massive scale. The German Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information has decried the program as "monstrous", and even the United Kingdom has stated it has concerns about the legality, and scope of Prism.

References

  1. ↑ U.S., British intelligence mining data from nine U.S. Internet companies in broad secret program, Washington Post, June 6-7, 2013

External Links

  1. ↑ "Help make mass surveillance of entire populations uneconomical. We all have a right to privacy, which you can exercise today by encrypting your communications and ending your reliance on proprietary services."
  2. ↑ "Organization formed in 1990 to maintain and enhance intellectual freedom, privacy, and other values of civil liberties and democracy in networked communications. Publishes newsletters, Internet Guidebooks and other documents, provides mailing lists and other online forums, and hosts a large electronic document archive. Contact: info@eff.org. 454 Shotwell Street, San Francisco, CA 94110-1914. Tel: (415) 436-9333. Fax: (415) 436-9993. Executive Director: Sheryl Steele."
  3. ↑ "EPIC was established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging privacy issues relating to the National Information Infrastructure, such as the Clipper Chip, the Digital Telephony proposal, medical records privacy and the sale of consumer data. EPIC conducts litigation, sponsors conferences, produces reports, publishes the EPIC Alert and leads campaigns on privacy issues. For more information email: epic-info@epic.org, or contact EPIC, 1718 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20009. Tel: (202) 483-1140. Executive Director: Marc Rotenberg."
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