Behind the convoluted pseudo-legal rationales promulgated by the intelligence bureaucracy and secret surveillance courts—including “incidental collection,” “special needs,” and “foreign intelligence exceptions,” etc.—the underlying reality is that the US government spies on whoever it wants, collects as much data from as many sources as possible, and does so in direct violation of core democratic rights protected by the US Constitution. As the NSA’s own documents make clear, the agency is guided by a maximalist “collection posture” defined by six main principles: “Collect it All; Process it All; Exploit it All; Partner it All; Sniff it All; Know it All.”
Posted on: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 12:30:01 +0000
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