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--- Quote ---Analysts at the National Security Agency can now secretly access real-time user data provided by as many as 50 American companies, ranging from credit rating agencies to internet service providers, two government officials familiar with the arrangements said.

Several of the companies have provided records continuously since 2006, while others have given the agency sporadic access, these officials said. These officials disclosed the number of participating companies in order to provide context for a series of disclosures about the NSA's domestic collection policies. The officials, contacted independently, repeatedly said that "domestic collection" does not mean that the target is based in the U.S. or is a U.S. citizen; rather, it refers only to the origin of the data.

The Wall Street Journal reported today that U.S. credit card companies had also provided customer information. The officials would not disclose the names of the companies because, they said, doing so would provide U.S. enemies with a list of companies to avoid.

http://theweek.com/article/index/245311/sources-nsa-sucks-in-data-from-50-companies

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famousdayandyear:
Looks like NSA is in the crossfire from somewhere.  Wouldn't want to be S. Rice.  jus sayin ***evilkitty

truth_seeker:
These capabilities have been known for several years. And more.

But they are overwhelmed with mega-gazillions of data bits and bytes, but not enough judgment to heed a warning from Russia.

Atomic Cow:
The NSA must have p*ssed off someone @ either the CIA, DIA, or one of the other alphabet agencies.

ABX:

--- Quote from: Atomic Cow on June 07, 2013, 03:44:00 am ---The NSA must have p*ssed off someone @ either the CIA, DIA, or one of the other alphabet agencies.

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To be a fly on the wall in some of the top floors tomorrow. Do we have inter-agency rivalries with each trying to blow the whistle on each other? Do we have old school versus new school? Conservatives versus Liberals? There does seem to be an internal war going on...

....or it is all for show.

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