[ NNSquad ] PRISM Isn't Data Mining and Other Falsehoods in the N.S.A. "Scandal"

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

PRISM Isn't Data Mining and Other Falsehoods in the N.S.A. "Scandal"

http://j.mp/13H8C03  (Vanity Fair)
   
   "First, the much-ballyhooed PRISM program is not a program and not
    a secret, and anyone who says it is should not be trusted because
    they don't know what they're talking about. PRISM is the name for
    the government computer system that is used to handle the
    foreign-intelligence data collected under Section 702 of the
    Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.  Those rules are very
    specific. The targeting can only be of foreign nationals outside
    the United States.  These are the restrictions ..."

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Their headline isn't phrased well but you'll get the idea.

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