Sachin=GOD Posted July 1, 2014 Posted July 1, 2014 BJP among six foreign parties authorised for NSA surveillance India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party was included in a top-secret list of six non-U.S. political parties worldwide that the U.S. National Security Agency received official permission to covertly spy upon, according to the latest trove of data released to the media by Edward Snowden, former NSA contractor-turned fugitive whistleblower. According to documents that Mr. Snowden published via the Washington Post on Monday, the U.S.’ shadowy Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court gave the NSA “broad leeway†in conducting surveillance upon not only these six political parties but also a list of 193 foreign governments – including India – and only four countries were off-limits under this programme. The Post reported that Washington has long adhered to broad “no-spying arrangements†with only the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, a group known collectively with the U.S. the “Five Eyes.†Yet the classified 2010 legal certification given to the NSA by the FISA court suggests the Agency received “a far more elastic authority than previously known,†one that reportedly allowed it to intercept through U.S. companies not just the communications of its overseas targets but any communications about those targets too. The documents further revealed that the FISA court authorised the NSA to snoop on the Internet and telephone communications of the World Bank, United Nations, OPEC, and the European Union. The other five political parties that the NSA had authority to spy upon were Amal of Lebanon, with links to Hezbollah; the Bolivarian Continental Coordinator of Venezuela, with links to FARC; the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood; the Egyptian National Salvation Front; and the Pakistan People’s Party. In a comment to the Post Jameel Jaffer, Deputy Legal Director for the American Civil Liberties Union, said, “These documents show both the potential scope of the government’s surveillance activities and the exceedingly modest role the court plays in overseeing them.†http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/bjp-among-six-foreign-parties-authorised-for-nsa-surveillance/article6165398.ece?homepage=true
gs Posted July 1, 2014 Posted July 1, 2014 BJP responds ... Why whine? Who's stopping the so called IT "powerhouses" like Infosys, Cognizant, TCS etc. from spying the sh!t out of other nations :cantstop:
hhunaeh Posted July 1, 2014 Posted July 1, 2014 Why whine? Who's stopping the so called IT "powerhouses" like Infosys' date=' Cognizant, TCS etc. from spying the sh!t out of other nations :cantstop:[/quote'] Americans are the ones whining the most, don't you agree? The rest are just spectators.
Muloghonto Posted July 1, 2014 Posted July 1, 2014 Why whine? Who's stopping the so called IT "powerhouses" like Infosys' date=' Cognizant, TCS etc. from spying the sh!t out of other nations :cantstop:[/quote'] I dont think you are appreciating the scope of NSA spying. Simply put, NSA has something like a million times the sheer digital power of anyone else on the planet- the chinese included. IIRC, i read somewhere that the NSA main complex consumes as much power as the city of Chicago. Think on that for a second- Infosys ? I doubt the entire cumulative wattage of all computers in India put together will equal chicago's power consumption. The operation that is NSA, is practically peerless, predominantly because of massive US dominance of bandwidth for the duration of the internet (and it continues to this day, though less dominant now) and the sheer scope of NSA's mandate- to record every ounce of data it can get (predominantly foreign, but also domestic) and then sift through it with advanced algorithms. Its commanding position into the heart of the internet (which to this day translates to wireless very effortlessly) makes it a mega-mover and shaker in data tapping. It does not even begin to compare to what 'we could do in return'- the most we can do, is really, nothing for the timebeing and hope that we can get some sort of luxury position to afford a luxury like the NSA in the future.
gs Posted July 1, 2014 Posted July 1, 2014 I dont think you are appreciating the scope of NSA spying. Simply put, NSA has something like a million times the sheer digital power of anyone else on the planet- the chinese included. IIRC, i read somewhere that the NSA main complex consumes as much power as the city of Chicago. Think on that for a second- Infosys ? I doubt the entire cumulative wattage of all computers in India put together will equal chicago's power consumption. The operation that is NSA, is practically peerless, predominantly because of massive US dominance of bandwidth for the duration of the internet (and it continues to this day, though less dominant now) and the sheer scope of NSA's mandate- to record every ounce of data it can get (predominantly foreign, but also domestic) and then sift through it with advanced algorithms. Its commanding position into the heart of the internet (which to this day translates to wireless very effortlessly) makes it a mega-mover and shaker in data tapping. It does not even begin to compare to what 'we could do in return'- the most we can do, is really, nothing for the timebeing and hope that we can get some sort of luxury position to afford a luxury like the NSA in the future. I fully understand the scope of our helplessness vis-Ã -vis NSA. It was just a tongue in cheek dig at our sweatshops with a futile hope that they would step up someday.
surajmal Posted July 3, 2014 Posted July 3, 2014 ZYT980uk0jM&list=PLWrtio8ai_EGgxvlP_KyP90ZS7h8YxW6T Tried to watch this chewtiyagiri but couldn't stand more than a couple of minutes. 2 full out gungadeens arguing with a 3rd one (who is equally one but has to present atleast some of India's concerns having served in an official capacity). So people who b!tch about Namo not going guns blazing after the Congi Machinery, understand that this machinery extends to every nook and corner of the power setup. It will take years, if not decades, to do a proper purge.
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