NSA has direct access to tech giants' systems for user data, secret files reveal

How do we know that Snowden didn't leave backdoors?

 

The NSA's Patents, in One Searchable Database

 

The Secret Government Rulebook For Labeling You a Terrorist

 

Snowden granted 3 years residence in Russia.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/ameri...year-residence-russia-201487102944695735.html

 

Former Top FISA Judge Insists USA Freedom Act Is Dangerous Because It Might Mean FISA Court Can't Rubberstamp So Fast.

-- Tom

 

That Time The US Government Sought To Secretly Delete Parts Of A Public Court Transcript About The NSA.

-- Tom

 

"If you find something good, tell us all in the comments."

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2014/08/the_nsas_patent.html#comments

 

Barack Obama’s Secret Terrorist-Tracking System, by the Numbers

 

The US Intelligence Community has a Third Leaker

 

Well, Bruce Schneier argues that there are (at least) three.

But if Snowden did have backdoors, he would definitely want to look like many leakers.

How hard would that be?

 

Snowden: The NSA, not Assad, took Syria off the Internet in 2012

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...ot-assad-took-syria-off-the-internet-in-2012/

 

New Snowden Interview in Wired

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2014/08/new_snowden_int.html

 

Excellent

 

Why he is telling about the Syrian internet incident? He says he is a patriot. Syria was not a friend of US when that happen.

 

He's just revealing the truth. The NSA took an entire country offline through its own incompetence. That's a valuable piece of information to know, is it of course has pretty serious implications.

 

Snowden: NSA working on 'MonsterMind' cyberwar bot

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2014/08/15/snowden-nsa-working-on-monstermind-cyberwar-bot/

 

Reverse-Engineering NSA Malware

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2014/08/reverse-enginee.html

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Now I'm wondering about that glitch, about two years ago, that routed much western US traffic through China. Maybe China was telling the truth, in claiming that it wasn't responsible for it.

 

How does telling this truth help the US?

 

Patriot to which, your country or the government whose actions are treason to the ideals its founded on?

 

EFF, ACLU Demolish “It’s Just Metadata” Claim in NSA Spying Appeal.

-- Tom

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28886462

 

"The US" is a pretty nebulous term. You'll have to be more specific. In this case, one might say it doesn't help the US politicians and bureaucrats who would like to maintain their status quo of being above everyone...but by the same token it helps the US population by making them more aware.

 

The people of the US and their government that they elect.

 

Those are not the same by a long shot.