New leaks reveal for
the first time that the NSA is using drones to spy on in person conversations
within the United States. Predator
drones are taping all conversation outdoors and many indoors observable through
windows not blocked by drapes or blinds.
An unnamed high-ranking official in the Obama administration
said average Americans should not be concerned about their privacy being
invaded.
“We’re just collecting meta-data,” the official said,
adding, “like who is talking to who, where, and when, and the general tone of
the conversation, you know, whether it’s friendly, business-like, or furtive.
We’re certainly not recording the content of the conversations.”
Critics of the program have disputed this, noting that the
NSA has advertised in many deaf publications for lip readers to serve as
analysts.
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The Obama administration has responded that lip-reading of
the actual content of conversations will only be done when there is suspicion
of a terrorist activity, like non-violent protests of tar sand pipelines or
further Occupy protests of financial crimes on Wall Street.
The administration official said the lip reading program
will be discontinued once their acoustic sensors are able to isolate individual
conversations from background noise.
They had no comment on why the drones were armed.
They had no comment on why the drones were armed.
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