Tag Archives: Keith Alexander

Problems With Data

Posted on May 8, 2014 by Muller

General Keith Alexander, retired head of the U.S. American mass surveillance spy organization NSA is trying hard to polish the battered public image of his former agency. He was recently mocked in John Oliver’s debut show Last Week Tonight where … Continue reading →

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Does NSA Have an Image Problem?

Posted on May 1, 2014 by Muller

And can it be improved by making a fool of its former head, Keith Alexander? That’s what John Oliver did last week on his debut Last Week Tonight show. But Alexander apparently didn’t get it. He just continued with his … Continue reading →

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Obama Justifies NSA Mass Surveillance

Posted on January 18, 2014 by Muller

One of these Obama speeches working with half-truths, a lot of hot air and frank propaganda had been delivered yesterday right in the Department of Justice in Washington. “The horror of September 11th brought all these issues [America left without a competing superpower, emerging … Continue reading →

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Collecting Metadata is More Intrusive

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Muller

Glenn Greenwald has testified yesterday before the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties and Home Affairs via a video link from Rio, Brazil. The journalists who had mostly reported on whistle-blower Edward Snowden’s leaks on U.S. and U.K. mass surveillance … Continue reading →

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What Kind of Damage?

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Muller

CBS reports that the U.S. intelligence community is split over the possibility of granting NSA total surveillance whistle-blower Edward Snowden amnesty after it has realized that just one per cent of the whole material (another 1.5 million classified documents) has … Continue reading →

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