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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) | |
| Time Reference: | 15:22 |
| Description: | Begin watching the YouTube video version of this episode here. |
| Link To: | YouTube |
| Documentation – 22% of the US public trust their government | |
| Time Reference: | 17:37 |
| Description: | 22% too high… |
| Link To: | PewResearch |
| Documentation – Graph of public (mis)trust of government over time | |
| Time Reference: | 18:12 |
| Description: | Provided by Pew Research |
| Link To: | People-Press.org |
| Documentation – 45% Say Random People From Phone Book Better Than Current Congress | |
| Time Reference: | 18:50 |
| Description: | Only 45%? |
| Link To: | Rasmussen |
| Documentation – Bush Lies About Wiretapping | |
| Time Reference: | 19:27 |
| Description: | Surprise, surprise |
| Link To: | YouTube |
| Documentation – Bush Lets U.S. Spy on Callers Without Courts | |
| Time Reference: | 20:41 |
| Description: | The New York Times article that broke the story in December 2005. |
| Link To: | NYTimes |
| Documentation – Amy Goodman interviews Eric Lichtblau About Wiretapping Story | |
| Time Reference: | 23:22 |
| Description: | Reporter talks about how the story came to be published. |
| Link To: | YouTube |
| Documentation – Wikipedia entry on NSA Wiretapping | |
| Time Reference: | 28:15 |
| Description: | Use the references, not the spin. |
| Link To: | Wikipedia |
| Documentation – Electronic Frontier Foundation | |
| Time Reference: | 29:02 |
| Description: | Online civil liberties group that has been fighting the NSA wiretapping program in the courts since it was first revealed. |
| Link To: | EFF.org |
| Documentation – Court Rejects Government’s Executive Power Claims and Rules That Warrantless Wiretapping Violated Law | |
| Time Reference: | 29:43 |
| Description: | Good news. |
| Link To: | EFF.org |
| Documentation – Interview with Rebecca Jeschke | |
| Time Reference: | 31:00 |
| Description: | The Corbett Report talks to Rebecca Jeschke about the EFF’s legal battles against the NSA wiretapping program. |
| Link To: | The Corbett Report |
| Documentation – Obama Lies About Ending Wiretapping | |
| Time Reference: | 35:11 |
| Description: | Surprise, surprise |
| Link To: | YouTube |
| Documentation – Olbermann Exposes Obama on Wiretapping | |
| Time Reference: | 36:07 |
| Description: | Obama is worse than Bush. |
| Link To: | YouTube |
| Documentation – PBS NOW report on NSA Spy Room in AT&T Hub | |
| Time Reference: | 39:36 |
| Description: | Features the story of Mark Klein, AT&T whistleblower who revealed the existence of Room 641A. |
| Link To: | YouTube |
| Documentation – CALEA Act | |
| Time Reference: | 45:49 |
| Description: | Read the legislation online. |
| Link To: | ASKCALEA.net |
| Documentation – EFF vs. CALEA | |
| Time Reference: | 46:28 |
| Description: | Information on EFF’s problems with the troubling possibilities for internet spying with recent changes to CALEA. |
| Link To: | EFF.org |
| Documentation – Frontline covers Total Information Awareness | |
| Time Reference: | 48:00 |
| Description: | Part of a PBS documentary on gov’t spy programs. |
| Link To: | YouTube |
| Documentation – Cryptome.org | |
| Time Reference: | 51:26 |
| Description: | 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 |
| Link To: | Cryptome.org |
| Documentation – John Young on The Corbett Report | |
| Time Reference: | 52:30 |
| Description: | We talk to John Young about government surveillance. We also have a lengthy discussion about the Wikileaks phenomenon. |
| Link To: | 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/