Federal consumer protection bureau data-mines decade's worth of private
financial data from five million Americans without their knowledge or consent...
"Edward Snowden didn’t have a clue. The revelations that forced him to flee the
country are just the tip of the iceberg, when it comes to what the NSA has been
up to."
(AP) The National Security Agency declassified three secret court opinions
Wednesday showing how it scooped up as many as 56,000 emails and other
communications by Americans not connected to terrorism annually over three
years, revealed the error to the court and then fixed the problem.
A former NSA contractor is stepping forward and claiming the NSA has agreements
in place with a number of countries to collect personal communications data...