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Description:This week on The Corbett Report we present a special audio and video edition of the podcast/vodcast. This week we delve into the true history of the illegal NSA wiretap program and how it connects to the bigger picture of government surveillance.
Documentation
Documentation – CALEA and the Stellar Wind (video) |
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15:22 |
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Begin watching the YouTube video version of this episode here. |
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YouTube |
Documentation – 22% of the US public trust their government |
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17:37 |
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22% too high… |
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PewResearch |
Documentation – Graph of public (mis)trust of government over time |
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18:12 |
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Provided by Pew Research |
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People-Press.org |
Documentation – 45% Say Random People From Phone Book Better Than Current Congress |
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18:50 |
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Only 45%? |
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Rasmussen |
Documentation – Bush Lies About Wiretapping |
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19:27 |
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Surprise, surprise |
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YouTube |
Documentation – Bush Lets U.S. Spy on Callers Without Courts |
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20:41 |
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The New York Times article that broke the story in December 2005. |
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NYTimes |
Documentation – Amy Goodman interviews Eric Lichtblau About Wiretapping Story |
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23:22 |
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Reporter talks about how the story came to be published. |
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YouTube |
Documentation – Wikipedia entry on NSA Wiretapping |
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28:15 |
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Use the references, not the spin. |
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Wikipedia |
Documentation – Electronic Frontier Foundation |
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29:02 |
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Online civil liberties group that has been fighting the NSA wiretapping program in the courts since it was first revealed. |
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EFF.org |
Documentation – Court Rejects Government’s Executive Power Claims and Rules That Warrantless Wiretapping Violated Law |
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29:43 |
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Good news. |
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EFF.org |
Documentation – Interview with Rebecca Jeschke |
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31:00 |
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The Corbett Report talks to Rebecca Jeschke about the EFF’s legal battles against the NSA wiretapping program. |
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The Corbett Report |
Documentation – Obama Lies About Ending Wiretapping |
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35:11 |
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Surprise, surprise |
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YouTube |
Documentation – Olbermann Exposes Obama on Wiretapping |
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36:07 |
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Obama is worse than Bush. |
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YouTube |
Documentation – PBS NOW report on NSA Spy Room in AT&T Hub |
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39:36 |
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Features the story of Mark Klein, AT&T whistleblower who revealed the existence of Room 641A. |
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YouTube |
Documentation – CALEA Act |
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45:49 |
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Read the legislation online. |
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ASKCALEA.net |
Documentation – EFF vs. CALEA |
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46:28 |
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Information on EFF’s problems with the troubling possibilities for internet spying with recent changes to CALEA. |
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EFF.org |
Documentation – Frontline covers Total Information Awareness |
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48:00 |
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Part of a PBS documentary on gov’t spy programs. |
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YouTube |
Documentation – Cryptome.org |
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51:26 |
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Cryptome welcomes documents for publication that are prohibited by governments worldwide, in particular material on freedom of expression, privacy, cryptology, dual-use technologies, national security, intelligence, and secret governance — open, sec |
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Cryptome.org |
Documentation – John Young on The Corbett Report |
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52:30 |
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We talk to John Young about government surveillance. We also have a lengthy discussion about the Wikileaks phenomenon. |
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The Corbett Report |
Stellar Wind Inspector General report from 2009 has been declassified.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/04/25/us/25stellarwind-ig-report.html?_r=0
useful breakdown here
http://www.emptywheel.net/2015/04/25/stellar-wind-ig-report-working-thread/