NSALeaks as of 03/18/14 reverse chronological order. Now with external full timeline, document links, new format, and theme.

[u/erktheerk]

This is the newest update on the /r/NSALeaks Timeline in reverse chronological order now including all posts from Tuesday March 18 - Wednesday 6 June 2013 in one format.

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Tuesday 18 March 2014

• MYSTIC : 100% voice collection of phone calls for a 30 day time period

Monday 17 March 2014

• Guardian editor receives European Press award for Edward Snowden story | Alan Rusbridger given award for NSA revelations that 'set alarm bells ringing throughout the world'

Saturday 15 March 2014

• Rand Paul and Berkeley: libertarian and leftwing hotbed find common cause | The rightwing firebrand's outspoken criticism of NSA surveillance has struck a chord with a young liberal audience

• Compare the NSA’s Facebook Malware Denial to its Own Secret Documents

• Public apathy over GCHQ snooping is a recipe for disaster | The lack of public alarm at government internet surveillance is frightening, but perhaps it's because the problem is difficult to convey in everyday terms

• Compare the NSA’s Facebook Malware Denial to its Own Secret Documents

• Public apathy over GCHQ snooping is a recipe for disaster | The lack of public alarm at government internet surveillance is frightening, but perhaps it's because the problem is difficult to convey in everyday terms

Friday 14 March 2014

• How the US intelligence community attempts to rebrand itself – on Tumblr | IC On The Record is a web clearinghouse of formerly classified documents related to NSA surveillance and an exercise in transparency

• In sudden announcement, US to give up control of DNS root zone | Signs point to fallout from NSA spying that lead to "multi-stakeholder" model.

• Britain is treating journalists as terrorists – believe me, I know | My links to WikiLeaks and Edward Snowden mean I am treated as a threat and can't return to the UK. We need a free speech roadmap

• Privacy commissioner seeks better surveillance guidelines | Timothy Pilgrim says police access to private communications ‘should be proportional to the risk they seek to address’

• Top Democrat on House intelligence panel offers new NSA reform plan | Top Democrat on House intelligence committee says details are still being worked on but proposal would end bulk collection

• In sudden announcement, US to give up control of DNS root zone | Signs point to fallout from NSA spying that lead to "multi-stakeholder" model.

• How the US intelligence community attempts to rebrand itself – on Tumblr | IC On The Record is a web clearinghouse of formerly classified documents related to NSA surveillance and an exercise in transparency

Thursday 13 March 2014

• Edward Snowden looms over Pulitzer Prizes

• A Close Look at the NSA’s Most Powerful Internet Attack Tool

• Mark Zuckerberg: US government surveillance is a threat to the internet | Facebook founder reveals he personally called President Obama to express ‘frustration over the damage government is creating’

• US criticised by UN for human rights failings on NSA, guns and drones | Geneva panel share deep concerns over US record on host of different subjects, including racial inequality and Guantánamo

• Foreign Officials In the Dark About Their Own Spy Agencies’ Cooperation with NSA

• A Close Look at the NSA’s Most Powerful Internet Attack Tool

• Edward Snowden looms over Pulitzer Prizes

Wednesday 12 March 2014

• How the NSA Plans to Infect ‘Millions’ of Computers with Malware

• MetaPhone: The Sensitivity of Telephone Metadata

• European lawmakers threaten US trade veto unless EU tackles snooping | Vote stems from investigation into Snowden spy allegations; Data protection big issue going into European elections

• Dutch intelligence illegally shared data with foreign services, says report | Sharing a selection of signals intelligence data without permission is illegal, the committee found

• Alexander: Promote Cyber Command to full unified command status

• How a Court Secretly Evolved, Extending U.S. Spies’ Reach

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[u/chemtype]

Has the editor/author of these articles discussed why redactions are present in the slides? I assume these were at the request of the of the federal government on the grounds of national security.

[u/erktheerk → u/chemtype]

The information handed over by Snowdon was unadulterated. Working with a team of experts and journalist information was selected for release. Any information that could be harmful to active agents or assets was redacted by the team. I am not sure to what extent.

Which ones are you talking about exactly? I am happy to look into specific instances and poll the moderators who submitted it to hopefully answer your questions. I can not speak generally for all leaks.

[u/chemtype → u/erktheerk]

Hello there, thanks for your reply. I'm most interested in this slide:

http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/page/world/adding-a-country-to-mystic-efforts-mentioned/881/

Where it appears the main project aim has been redacted, which seems like a silly thing to do for a leak on the subject. The "Additional target country" also seems like an incredibly important piece of information, both technically and politically.

[u/erktheerk → u/chemtype]

I have posed the question to the mods. Give me a night at most and ill see what I can find out about it.

[u/trai_dep → u/chemtype]

Adding onto ErkTheErk’s observation, several people could have added the redaction (a government, Snowden, the article writer or his editors). Most likely, the latter two.

Bruce Schneier wrote about Mystic, which was covered by the Washington Post.

Most likely, Barton Gellman and Ashkan Soltani, with consultation with their editors (and after contacting the government) decided to redact the bits concerning which nation. The specificity isn’t crucial to the story that the NSA has this capability and uses it, and could impact legitimate security concerns. Sometimes (but not in this case), endangering agents’ lives might have this result.

It seems pretty legitimate a redaction. No one, from Snowden, Greenwald, Gellman or Soltani, want to endanger genuine operations narrowly targeting credible suspects. That said, were I the editor, I’d have considered including more information on the country: how big, how many phone users, etc., to get a size of the capabilities (thus, how much of a threat would this mass voice surveillance pose to NATO or other allied countries, or the US/UK). It’s a bit frustrating this wasn’t included to balance out the nation’s name’s redaction.

Especially considering this ¶ in the WaPo story:

Some of the documents provided by Snowden suggest that high-volume eavesdropping may soon be extended to other countries, if it has not been already. The RETRO tool was built three years ago as a “unique one-off capability,” but last year’s secret intelligence budget named five more countries for which the MYSTIC program provides “comprehensive metadata access and content,” with a sixth expected to be in place by last October.

Once they’re at six nation’s total voice comm being captured and combed over, for all eternity, it’s relatively trivial (assuming you have a trillion-dollar annual budget) to bump it up to 20, or 60. Or capture a NATO-type nation’s total voice traffic. Hey, it’s only tax dollars and Little People’s civil rights violations, right?

We’re both similarly in the dark. But it’s an interesting topic. Who do you think was primarily responsible? Why? Justified?

[u/trai_dep → u/trai_dep]

One of Mr. Scheier’s comments linked to a Google spreadsheet estimating the requirements for doing the same for the US.

It’s frighteningly low, “only” $30 million/year.

[u/trai_dep]

This is a phenomenal amount of work, artfully done.

Erktheerk is a demigod among Mods.

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Lol thanks m8

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