NSA

Encrypted email service thought used by Snowden shuts down Reuters
Silent Circle Preemptively Shuts Down Encrypted Email Service To Prevent NSA Spying TechCrunch.
Edward Snowden’s Email Provider Shuts Down After Secret Court Battle Wired
Criminal defense lawyers demand access to secret DEA evidence Reuters
Connections Between Michael Hastings, Edward Snowden And Barrett Brown—The War With The Security State WhoWhatWhy
Why believe anything the government says about the NSA? Gauis Publius, AmericaBlog
Edward Snowden helps France rediscover its own whistleblowers Xindex

http://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=223459

NSA, Cloud

http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2013/08/wolf-richter-nsa-pricked-the-cloud-bubble-for-us-tech-companies.html

New U.S. spying revelations coming from Snowden leaks – journalist Reuters
Surveillance questions snowball: 5 stories you may have missed CBC
Pissing Off Friends is a Doomed Strategy CounterPunch
Obama: ‘We don’t have a domestic spying program’ Reuters.
The Ecuadorian Library Bruce Sterling

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/06/us/tsa-expands-duties-beyond-airport-security.html?_r=1&

NSA

Mass Data: Transfers from Germany Aid US Surveillance Der Spiegel (Deontos)
Members of Congress denied access to basic information about NSA Glenn Greenwald
The Uninformed to Liberals: Terry Connell Patrick Durusau (Lambert)

DEA Reportedly Hiding NSA Data Used To Prosecute U.S. Citizens

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-08-05/deas-cover-program-revealed-more-troubling-pervasive-nsa-surveillance

NSA,

Members of Congress denied access to basic information about NSA Glenn Greenwald, Guardian
Embassy, consulate closures applauded on both sides of the aisle WaPo
Senior U.S. senator says Putin acting like ‘schoolyard bully’ Reuters
Edward Snowden’s Life Just Flat-Out Fun And Exciting America’s Finest News Source
More Sinned Against than Manning Jacob Bacharach

From the Big Picture

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James Clapper, Senate Intelligence Committee, March 12, 2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwiUVU…
Gen. Keith Alexander, DEFCON, July 27, 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm5cT-…
Gen. Keith Alexander, American Enterprise Institute, July 9, 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTwiZn…
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Senate floor, May 23, 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBRqm8…
President Obama on the Charlie Rose Show, June 16, 2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlThTT…

Exclusive: U.S. directs agents to cover up program used to investigate Americans

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