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The program facilitates extensive, in-depth surveillance on live communications and stored information. The law allows for the targeting of any customers of participating firms who live outside the US, or those Americans whose communications include people outside the US.
Some interesting points...
-The Prism program allows the NSA, the world's largest surveillance organisation, to obtain targeted communications without having to request them from the service providers and without having to obtain individual court orders.
-The document also shows the FBI acts as an intermediary between other agencies and the tech companies, and stresses its reliance on the participation of US internet firms, claiming "access is 100% dependent on ISP provisioning".
-When the law was enacted, defenders of the FAA argued that a significant check on abuse would be the NSA's inability to obtain electronic communications without the consent of the telecom and internet companies that control the data. But the Prism program renders that consent unnecessary, as it allows the agency to directly and unilaterally seize the communications off the companies' servers.
-When the NSA reviews a communication it believes merits further investigation, it issues what it calls a "report". According to the NSA, "over 2,000 Prism-based reports" are now issued every month. There were 24,005 in 2012, a 27% increase on the previous year. In total, more than 77,000 intelligence reports have cited the PRISM program.
Some quotes...
Ex-CIA Edward Snowden whistleblower is currently in Hong Kong, will apply for asylum. "cannot in good conscience allow the US government to destroy privacy, internet freedom, and basic liberties for all people around the world with this massive surveillance machine they are secretly building".
US already pressed charges against him. Huge gamble on China.
Jameel Jaffer, director of the ACLU's Center for Democracy "This is unprecedented militarisation of domestic communications infrastructure. That's profoundly troubling to anyone who is concerned about that separation."
In the name of NATIONAL SECURITY a senior administration official said "Information collected under this program is among the most important and valuable intelligence information we collect, and is used to protect our nation from a wide variety of threats."
"I understand that I will be made to suffer for my actions" - whistleblower, very nice article and interview http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/09/edward-snowden-nsa-whistleblower-surveillance

I think he enjoys freedom too much to want to return to The USA.
Not surprised to know that big business is paying attention to my google searches.
It's getting much too easy for them, plom.