“Once you realize that what’s possible in electronic surveillance today has basically reached the realm of science fiction, you have to take a different route,” says Larry Jones, a former intelligence analyst for the Marines.
A Spy’s Guide to Protecting Whistleblowers
In These Times
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In fact, the NSA’s capabilities (unsurprisingly) go much further than originally thought.
It turns out the NSA was collecting voice calls, photos, passwords, documents, and much more
Business Insider
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This is unsurprising, as it appears the NSA can spy with impunity.
“The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ruled late Monday that the National Security Agency may temporarily resume its once-secret program that systematically collects records of Americans’ domestic phone calls in bulk.” This coming after the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that the surveillance program was illegal and issued an injunction to halt the program.
Surveillance Court Rules That N.S.A. Can Resume Bulk Data Collection
New York Times