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"Intelligence community sources said that this description, although
inaccurate from a technical perspective, matches the experience of analysts
at the NSA. From their workstations anywhere in the world, government
employees cleared for PRISM access may "task" the system and receive results
from an Internet company without further interaction with the company's
staff."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-company-officials-i
nternet-surveillance-does-not-indiscriminately-mine-data/2013/06/08/5b3bb234
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 link=3Dblue vlink=3Dpurple><div class=3DWordSection1><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style=3D'color:#1F497D'>What this belo=
w appears to say is that the surveillance procedures are done within and in=
 accordance with a broad interpretation of US law which is, of course, desi=
gned to protect the rights of US citizens (how well that is being done is a=
nother question of course).  <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNorma=
l style=3D'margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style=3D'color:#1F497D'>What it also=
 says is that "foreigners" i.e. everyone else in the world are to=
 be treated as potential suspects and are thus fair game.  Given the g=
lobal reach and current dominance of US Internet corporations and the centr=
al role of the USG in all aspects of global Internet activities including I=
nternet governance (or lack thereof) and of the US based technical communit=
y in all aspects of the technical operation of the Internet the implication=
s of this position need hardly be spelled out.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p clas=
s=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style=3D'color:#1F497D'>=
Thus, at least in this context we, i.e. everyone else in the world appear t=
o have no rights and little protections except those that totally outclasse=
d institutions such as the EU or other national, privacy protection regimes=
 might provide to their citizens.  <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMs=
oNormal style=3D'margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style=3D'color:#1F497D'>Of cou=
rse, since the parties from whom the data is being acquired i.e. the domina=
nt US Internet corporations are not directly subject to any laws outside of=
 the US and since they along with the USG and their civil society and techn=
ical community collaborators have been so active in ensuring that no such r=
egulatory regime could be created, such protections seem to be more or less=
 non-operational.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin=
-bottom:12.0pt'><span style=3D'color:#1F497D'>BTW, I'm still waiting for an=
 answer to the question I posed earlier to McTim and others re: the positio=
n and response of the "technical community" to these revelations.=
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-bottom:12.0pt'><=
span style=3D'color:#1F497D'>M<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal st=
yle=3D'margin-bottom:12.0pt'>From the Washington Post, just published:<br><=
br>"Intelligence community sources said that this description, althoug=
h inaccurate from a technical perspective, matches the experience of analys=
ts at the NSA. From their workstations anywhere in the world, government em=
ployees cleared for PRISM access may “task” the system and rece=
ive results from an Internet company without further interaction with the c=
ompany’s staff."<br><br><a href=3D"http://www.washingtonpost.com=
/world/national-security/us-company-officials-internet-surveillance-does-no=
t-indiscriminately-mine-data/2013/06/08/5b3bb234-d07d-11e2-9f1a-1a7cdee2028=
7_print.html">http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-comp=
any-officials-internet-surveillance-does-not-indiscriminately-mine-data/201=
3/06/08/5b3bb234-d07d-11e2-9f1a-1a7cdee20287_print.html</a><br><br><o:p></o=
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