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longship

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18. This is a good thread.

Reply to dkf (Original post)

Sat Jun 8, 2013, 04:01 PM

Jun 2013

People being respectful and polite.

Happy to R&

I am with MM, here. Greenwald is what he is.

But, I hope that the leaker covers their tracks well, not that I think that would do much good.

I will stay tuned.

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Boundless Informant: the NSA's secret tool to track global surveillance data [View all] dkf Jun 2013 OP

If I were him, premium Jun 2013 #1

Informant looks to be using WAPO and the Guardian. dkf Jun 2013 #3

Maybe the informant better look out for a drone. nt. premium Jun 2013 #6

Greenwald appears to be making a dare. MineralMan Jun 2013 #2

The Wapo reporter says the informant believes he will be exposed but feels this needs to be done. dkf Jun 2013 #4

Ah, OK. Well, it will be interesting, I'm sure. MineralMan Jun 2013 #5

He's getting into murkier territory IMO. dkf Jun 2013 #7

It looks to me like he's jumping in with both feet. MineralMan Jun 2013 #8

Maybe he's gotten too big to go after. dkf Jun 2013 #9

Or, he may feel that he has. MineralMan Jun 2013 #11

Disgruntled NSA employee? premium Jun 2013 #13

Probably not. Those folks, and I was one of them years ago, MineralMan Jun 2013 #14

Thanks, premium Jun 2013 #16

Would they have access to screen shots of the tool? dkf Jun 2013 #19

They might. MineralMan Jun 2013 #22

I think The Guardian and Glenn might have a surprise DevonRex Jun 2013 #10

Can O' Worms. MineralMan Jun 2013 #12

Yes. DevonRex Jun 2013 #15

Well, I doubt that the source is a UK citizen. MineralMan Jun 2013 #17

... DevonRex Jun 2013 #21

Hmm...I think I know what your long-shot might be. MineralMan Jun 2013 #23

So far, the docs have been marked TS/SI/NOFORN. Is that a high classification? FarCenter Jun 2013 #26

Top Secret is serious. MineralMan Jun 2013 #28

Fortunately, the NSA can of worms is, apparently, being opened from the inside. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2013 #24

Maybe. Maybe not. MineralMan Jun 2013 #27

Hopefully, this esposure of government abuse won't go away. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2013 #29

OK. MineralMan Jun 2013 #30

Hopefully, more will be revealed. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2013 #31

Their not looking for harmless data. MineralMan Jun 2013 #32

Are we to trust the nice, privacy loving, people at NSA with it? Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2013 #33

This is a good thread. longship Jun 2013 #18

Basically an operations dashboard built using Hadoop, MapReduce and Cloudbase FarCenter Jun 2013 #20

Interesting that the first link shows a document MineralMan Jun 2013 #25