So, the big question everyone wonders is: does the NSA read my email? Based on the public statements of the former director of the National Security Agency, Justice Department the attourneys, and others involved in NSA operations-- as well as confidential information provided to the authors and verified independently but officials read into the programs. The National Security Agency is the primary cryptographic and signals- intelligence agency of the United States. To spy on phone communications, it operates data collection platforms in more than 50 countries and uses air planes and submarines, ships and satellites, specially modified trucks, and cleverly disguised antennas. We have managed to break the cryptographic systems of most of its targets and prides itself on spending first -rate product to the president of United States. Inside the United States, the NSAs collection is regulated by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, passed in 1978 to provide framework for intercepting Communications related to foreign Intelligence or terrorism where one party is inside the United States and might be considered a US person. 3 bits of terminology: The NSA collects on someone, with the preposition indicating the broad scope of the verb. Think of a rake pushing leave into a bin. The NSA intercepts a very small percentage of the communications it collects. At the NSA, to gettingintercept is to introduce to the collection process an analyst, who examines a leaf that has appeared in his or her computer bin. (An analysts could use computer software to assist here, but the basic distinction the NSA makes is that the actual interception requires intent and specifiicity on behalf of the Interceptor.). A U.S. Person refers to a US citizen, a legal resident of the United States, or corporation or business legally chartered inside the United States.
Posted on: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 16:47:35 +0000
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