Top-secret documents expose the controversial role of a massive NSA surveillance base in England's countryside. For years, journalists and researchers have speculated about what really goes on inside Menwith Hill, while human rights groups and some politicians have campaigned for more transparency about its activities. Now, however, top-secret documents obtained by The Intercept offer an unprecedented glimpse behind Menwith Hill’s razor wire fence. The files reveal for the first time how the NSA has used the British base to aid “a significant number of capture-kill operations” across the Middle East and North Africa, fueled by powerful eavesdropping technology that can harvest data from more than 300 million emails and phone calls a day.
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FBI obtained FISA warrant to monitor former Trump adviser Carter Page
The FBI obtained a secret court order last summer to monitor the communications of an adviser to presidential candidate Donald Trump, part of an investigation into possible links between Russia and the campaign, law enforcement and other U.S. officials said.
Republicans are accusing the Obama Administraion of Abuse of Power. They have a duty to show evidence.
Social media last night and today have been flooded with inflammatory and quite dramatic claims now being made by congressional Republicans about a four-page memo alleging abuses of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act spying processes during the 2016 election. This memo, which remains secret, was reportedly written under the direction of the chair of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, GOP Rep. Devin Nunes.
Democrats Help Republicans Take Away Your Constitutional Rights
Dem Support For Trump Surveillance Powers Proves “Resistance” Is Bull*hit – 55 Democrats voted against your constitutional rights and opposed the USA RIGHTS amendment. Among them are Nancy Pelosi and Adam Schiff.
House Republicans Release Secret Memo Accusing Russia Investigators of Bias
House Republicans released a disputed memo on Friday compiled by congressional aides that accused the F.B.I. and Justice Department of abusing their surveillance powers to spy on a former Trump campaign adviser, Carter Page. The memo, which has prompted a political firestorm, also criticizes information used by law enforcement officials in their application for a warrant to wiretap Mr. Page, and names the senior F.B.I. and Justice Department officials who approved the highly classified warrant.
How the NSA’s Targeting System for Iraq and Afghanistan Ended Up on the Mexican Border
“The news that the NSA transported a mass spying program designed for
war zones in Iraq and Afghanistan to the U.S.-Mexico border is both
alarming and totally unsurprising,” said Elizabeth Goitein, co-director
of the Liberty and National Security Program at the Brennan Center for
Justice.