NSA secretly buying Americans’ data without a warrant

The National Security Agency has secretly been buying Americans’ internet records and using them for spying purposes without obtaining a warrant, a senior senator revealed Thursday.

Sen. Ron Wyden, Oregon Democrat, said the practice had been a “legal gray area,” with data brokers quietly obtaining and reselling the internet “metadata” without the users’ consent. He said the NSA has been trying to keep the whole thing under wraps.

In a letter to Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, the senator said the government needs a “wake-up call,” and he called for new rules limiting purchases only to data that Americans have consented to be sold.

He also asked for Ms. Haines to take an inventory of what the government already has and toss out any information that doesn’t meet the standard of consent.

“The U.S. government should not be funding and legitimizing a shady industry whose flagrant violations of Americans’ privacy are not just unethical, but illegal,” he said.

He released a letter from Army General Paul M. Nakasone, director of the NSA, detailing and justifying the agency’s actions.

Gen. Nakasone said it acquires what it calls “commercially available information” but said the acquisitions are limited. They don’t include location data from phones “known to be used in the United States,” and they don’t buy or use location data from automobiles in the U.S.

He also asked for Ms. Haines to take an inventory of what the government already has and toss out any information that doesn’t meet the standard of consent.

“The U.S. government should not be funding and legitimizing a shady industry whose flagrant violations of Americans’ privacy are not just unethical, but illegal,” he said.

He released a letter from Army General Paul M. Nakasone, director of the NSA, detailing and justifying the agency’s actions.

Gen. Nakasone said it acquires what it calls “commercially available information” but said the acquisitions are limited. They don’t include location data from phones “known to be used in the United States,” and they don’t buy or use location data from automobiles in the U.S.

The general said that information was critical for “the U.S. Defense Industrial Base.” /moar

January 25, 2024

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jan/25/nsa-secretly-buying-americans-data-without-warrant/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS

OH, NO: Japanese SLIM Lunar Lander Is Upside Down on the Moon Surface!

The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) appears to have landed on its nose, according to an image snapped by the robot probe SORA-Q, successfully ejected before the lander touched down last week.

The image also explains why SLIM had so much trouble generating power with its blocked solar panels, something that ultimately forced scientists to shut it down just three hours after touchdown.”

The lander apparently has no way to right itself.

The successful and precise lunar landing of SLIM made Japan the fifth country in the world to land a spacecraft on the surface of the Moon, after the Soviet Union, the United States, China and India. But the problems soon were apparent, the solar cells were not charing, and the lander had to be shut down three hours after landing, with just 15% of battery power left.

Japanese Agency JAXA was keeping a hopeful smile on things.

“‘If sunlight hits the Moon from the west in the future, we believe there’s a possibility of power generation, and we’re currently preparing for restoration’, JAXA wrote.” /moar

Jan. 25, 2024 5:40 pm

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/01/oh-no-japanese-slim-lunar-lander-is-upside/

https://twitter.com/ISAS_JAXA_EN/status/1750418819242426394

>>20303434

>sending the national guard down to protect Texas' border

Yeah, I don't think Illinois will be supporting this either … as bad as it has been for Chicago.

>>20303460

>Moar junk

How big is the Moon?

Earth's Moon is about as wide as the U.S. or Europe.

JUL 28, 2021

https://science.nasa.gov/earth/moon/five-things-to-know-about-the-moon/

There should be a fine(like $20 or whatever) for littering on the moon and they should have to go back and clean that shit up.

@RevolverNews

MORNING CONSULT:Very Few Potential Primary Voters Think Trump’s Too Old

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Jan 25, 2024, 5:52 PMhttps://truthsocial.com/@RevolverNews/posts/111819274376607783

>>20303549

kek

Jan 25, 2024

BREAKING:Trudeau’s AG during unconstitutional emergency act crackdown on freedom protesters RESIGNS from parliament

Lametti played a key role in the decision to invoke the Emergencies Act against the trucker protest, pushing to do so early in the confrontation.

Former Justice Minister and Attorney General of Canada David Lametti announced his resignation as a Liberal Member of Parliament Thursday.

The Montreal MP resigned just three days after Federal Court Justice Richard Mosley ruled Tuesday that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was unjustified in invoking the Emergencies Act against the Freedom Convoy protest and that it was "unreasonable" to do so. /moar

Lametti entered the House of Commons in 2015 when Trudeau was first elected prime minister. He was appointed as justice minister and attorney general in 2019.

"It is with some sadness that I am leaving a dream job. Since the changes made to cabinet in the summer of 2023, I have continued to do my best to fulfill my duties as a member of Parliament," he said.

"This period has been challenging personally, as one might imagine, and I sincerely believe that after eight intense years, constituents of LaSalle-Emard-Verdun—and I am one of them—would benefit from a change of voice and style." /moar

https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-trudeaus-ag-during-unconstitutional-emergency-act-crackdown-on-freedom-protesters-resigns-from-parliament?utm_campaign=64466

>>20303655

>one for the stink

>>20303764