A diagram that literally puts the NSA’s world wide spying system on the map has been exposed in a newly released presentation giving us a better picture of the surveillance system that is said to hold a three day buffer of all Internet activity.

Plus: An update on Bradley Manning, the Obama Administration pledges not to torture Snowden, and the US continues to dance around that big problem in Egypt.

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Violence in Egypt Over the Weekend

• Why U.S. Aid to Egypt Is Here to Stay

A coalition of human rights liberals and conservatives opposed to foreign aid is gaining strength. In mid-July, Senate Republicans John McCain and Lindsey Graham, two party leaders on foreign policy, called canceling military aid “right and necessary.” Though, Graham said Tuesday he’s reserving final judgment until he and McCain return next week from a trip to Egypt at President Obama’s behest.

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• ABC News Dethrones NBC in Crucial Ratings Race

In a twist that television industry gawkers immediately homed in on, the victory was shared by Ms. Sawyer and one of her regular fill-ins, David Muir. That was because Mr. Muir substituted for Ms. Sawyer three nights last week — the same three nights, it turned out, that ABC beat NBC in the all-important ratings demographic. Mr. Williams prevailed, barely, on the two nights that Ms. Sawyer was at work.

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Manning Not Aiding the Enemy – Faces Years in Prison

• Manning acquitted of aiding enemy, still may face long jail term

A military judge on Tuesday found U.S. soldier Bradley Manning not guilty of aiding the enemy, the most serious charge he faced for handing over documents to WikiLeaks, but he still likely faces a long jail term after being found guilty of 19 other counts.

• One of Manning’s most visible supporters was banned from the trial Friday

One of Manning’s most visible supporters was banned from the trial Friday after the judge said someone posted threats online. Clark Stoeckley, a college art instructor from New Jersey, confirmed he was the one booted.

Stoeckley attended the court-martial as a sketch artist, arriving each day in a white box truck with bold words painted on the sides: “WikiLeaks TOP SECRET Mobile Information Collection Unit.”

A tweet Thursday night from an account Stoeckley used said: “I don’t know how they sleep at night but I do know where.” It was removed Friday and Stoeckley told The Associated Press on Twitter he couldn’t comment.

• Sketch artist banned from Manning trial – YouTube

During Bradley Manning’s trial in Fort Meade, Maryland, many of the soldier’s supporters showed up during the trial to back the whistleblower for revealing one of the biggest data leaks in US history, but last Friday Clark Stoeckley, courtroom sketch artist, was banned for one of his tweets.

NSA is Crazy

• NSA Documents About XKeyscore Search Tool – Business Insider

From Greenwald:

XKeyscore provides the technological capability, if not the legal authority, to target even US persons for extensive electronic surveillance without a warrant provided that some identifying information, such as their email or IP address, is known to the analyst.

Furthermore, Greenwald reports that analysts can use XKeyscore and other NSA systems “to obtain ongoing ‘real-time’ interception of an individual’s internet activity.”

• XKeyscore presentation from 2008 – read in full | World news | theguardian.com

Training materials for the XKeyscore program detail how analysts can use it and other systems to mine enormous agency databases and develop intelligence from the web

• XKeyscore: NSA tool collects ‘nearly everything a user does on the internet’. A top secret National Security Agency program allows analysts to search with no prior authorization through vast databases containing emails, online chats and the browsing histories of millions of individuals. : news

Some highlights:

“Performs strong (e.g. email) and soft (content) selection.” pg 2

“Provides real-time target activity.” pg 2

“Show me all the VPN startups in country X, and give me the data so I can decrypt and discover the users” pg 17

“Show me all the exploitable machines in country X” pg 24

• Security Now 415 | TWiT.TV

• FISA court judge: No company has ever challenged Patriot Act sharing | Ars Technica

According to one of the 11 judges that sits on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC), no corporation ever served with a “business record” court order under the Patriot Act has ever challenged one, even though the law provides them a means to do so.

• Wyden: Intel violations ‘troubling’ – POLITICO.com

Sen. Ron Wyden said Tuesday that U.S. intelligence agencies’ violations of court orders on surveillance of Americans is worse than the government is letting on.

Wyden (D-Ore.), as a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, is privy to classified briefings on the government’s surveillance. On Tuesday, he told Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC that all he could say is that the violations are worse than being made public.

• XKeyscore: NSA tool collects ‘nearly everything a user does on the internet’ | World news | theguardian.com

• XKeyscore gives ‘widest-reaching’ collection of online data
• NSA analysts require no prior authorization for searches
• Sweeps up emails, social media activity and browsing history
• NSA’s XKeyscore program – read one of the presentations

• Chairman Mike Rogers | The Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

United States Representative Mike Rogers serves as the Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. The Committee is the House’s primary panel responsible for authorizing the funding for and overseeing the execution of the intelligence activities of the United States government.

General Keith Alexander Visits Black Hat

• NSA Director Heckled At Conference As He Asks For Security Community’s Understanding – Forbes

Alexander’s talk had begun with a plea for the hacker and security researcher community to reconsider the NSA’s role in the wake of a still-unfolding scandal revealed by the classified leaks of former Booz Allen contractor Edward Snowden. “Their reputation has been tarnished,” he said, speaking of his NSA staff. “But you can help us articulate the facts properly. I will answer every question to the fullest extent possible, and I promise you the truth: What I know, what we’re doing, and what I cannot tell you because we don’t want to jeopardize the future of our defense.”

After the talk, I found McCoy in the crowd and asked him about his not-so-friendly debate with the general. “His speech was pretty canned,” said McCoy. “It’s anything you can see on Fox News any day. We’re in danger, we have to get rid of your freedom to keep you safe.”

“Everyone’s thinking this, but no one’s saying it public, so everyone thinks they’re alone,” he said. “Ninety-eight percent of society has issues with this…But no one speaks up.”

• NSA headman: ‘Don’t worry, our watchful analysts TAKE EXAMS’ • The Register

He attempted to reassure a skeptical audience by saying “our people have to take courses and pass exams to use this data.” Data from the interception programs has “provided value” across some 53 “terror-related activities” detected by the NSA.

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Where in the World is Snowden

• US will not seek death penalty for Edward Snowden, Holder tells Russia | World news | The Guardian

In a letter sent this week, US attorney general Eric Holder told his Russian counterpart that the charges faced by Snowden do not carry the death penalty. Holder added that the US “would not seek the death penalty even if Mr Snowden were charged with additional, death penalty-eligible crimes”.

Holder said he had sent the letter, addressed to Alexander Vladimirovich, Russia’s minister of justice, in response to reports that Snowden had applied for temporary asylum in Russia “on the grounds that if he were returned to the United States, he would be tortured and would face the death penalty”.

• Rep. Mike Rogers: Snowden’s actions defy logic

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) said Sunday that Edward Snowden’s actions defy logic.

• Feinstein says Russia is buying time on Snowden – POLITICO.com

By granting NSA leaker Edward Snowden temporary asylum, Russia is giving itself time to figure out what their best move is, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Sunday.

• Edward Snowden and the NSA files – timeline

What has happened to NSA whistleblower who leaked files to Guardian since he decided to reveal his identity to the world and began his asylum battle

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U.S. intelligence officials claim Cyber-attacks and cyber-espionage pose a greater potential danger to U.S. national security than Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups. We go after these claims.

On Tuesday the Freedom of the Press Foundation published leaked audio from Bradley Manning’s courtroom testimony, allowing the world for the first time to hear the voice of the 25-year-old Army private as he details leaking of thousands of reports and a cables to WikiLeaks.

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Secret tape of Bradley Manning Leaked

Despite onerous Army rules prohibiting recording of the Manning hearings at Ft. Meade, Maryland, the recently formed Freedom of the Press Foundation published anonymously sourced audio of Manning’s full plea allocution on Tuesday, allowing the world for the first time to hear the crisp voice of the 25-year-old Army private as he details his leaking of thousands of Army field reports and a quarter-million State Department diplomatic cables to WikiLeaks.

• Secret Courtroom Audio Gives WikiLeaker Bradley Manning a Voice | Threat Level | Wired.com

Intro video credit: Providence

Today, Freedom of the Press Foundation is publishing the full, previously unreleased audio recording of Private First Class Bradley Manning’s speech to the military court in Ft. Meade about his motivations for leaking over 700,000 government documents to WikiLeaks. In addition, we have published highlights from Manning’s statement to the court.

• Freedom of the Press Foundation Publishes Leaked Audio of Bradley Manning’s Statement | Freedom of the Press Foundation

Pakistan, Iran Leaders Inaugurate Pipeline Project

The Iran-Pakistan pipeline is designed to help Pakistan overcome its mushrooming energy needs at a time when the country is facing increased blackouts and energy shortages.

But there are serious doubts about how Pakistan could finance the $1.5 billion needed to construct the pipeline and whether it could go through with the project without facing U.S. sanctions, which Washington has put in place to pressure Iran over its nuclear program.

• Pakistan, Iran Leaders Inaugurate Pipeline Project

Quraishi, president of the lobbying group PakNationalists Forum,
said that the United States’ threat of sanctions is just for public
show. In terms of bilateral relations, Washington will try to
accommodate some of Pakistan’s reasons for proceeding with the
project.

• ‘US will not impose sanctions on Pakistan while it needs help in the region’ — RT Op-Edge

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CIA Effort In Iraq Places US Spooks On Syria’s Three Largest Borders

Officals told WSJ that the agency provides support to Iraq’s Counterterrorism Service (CTS) — comprised of SWAT-like units and U.S.-trained Iraqi special forces — which reports directly to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

In June The New York Times reported that CIA officers in southern Turkey was been funneling weapons to Syrian rebels. In December NPR reported that CIA officers were training rebels in Jordan on how to identify and safeguard chemical weapons (while Der Spigel reported that it had been happening since May).

In October and November we reported on potential but unconfirmed indications that the CIA may have been funneling heavy weapons from Benghazi, Libya, to Turkey.

• CIA In Iraq Because of Syrian War – Business Insider

U.S. Steps Up Alarm Over Cyberattacks

U.S. intelligence officials told a Senate hearing that the nation is vulnerable to cyberespionage, cybercrime and outright destruction of computer networks, both from sophisticated, government-sponsored assault as well as criminal hacker groups and cyberterrorists.

“It’s hard to overemphasize its significance,” Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said, addressing members of the Senate Intelligence Committee. “These capabilities put all sectors of our country at risk—from government and private networks to critical infrastructures.”

• U.S. Official Cites Cyberattack Risks

The Remote Administration Tool is the revolver of the Internet’s Wild West.

• Meet the men who spy on women through their webcams | Ars Technica

Russian hackers release sensitive information on Biden, Clinton and stars including Beyoncé, Jay-Z.

The full list of victims, according to the hacker’s Web site:

Michelle Obama, Kim Kardashian, Joe Biden, Robert Mueller (FBI Director), Hillary Clinton, Eric Holder (U.S. Attorney General), Charlie Beck (LAPD Chief), Mel Gibson, Ashton Kutcher, Jay Z, Beyonce, Paris Hilton, Britney Spears,Sarah Palin, Hulk Hogan, Donald Trump, Arnold Schwarzenegger

• Russian hackers release sensitive information on stars including Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Biden and Clinton

• Michelle Obama hacked: Financial information released online

34 Civil Liberties Groups Speak Out Against CISPA in Lead Up to Hearings

On Monday, EFF and over 30 other Internet rights organizations sent a letter to members of Congress demanding they vote no on the “cybersecurity” bill known as CISPA. The letter starts off a week in which Congress will hold three different hearings about CISPA and computer and network security. In addition to the letter, each hearing will provide opportunity to voice many of the bill’s problems. We encourage you to join the fight and tell your Representative to say no to CISPA.

• 34 Civil Liberties Groups Speak Out Against CISPA in Lead Up to Hearings | Electronic Frontier Foundation

CISPA Opponent’s Petition Reaches White House To Stop Congress

“CISPA is about information sharing. It creates broad legal exemptions that allow the government to share ‘cyber threat intelligence’ with private companies, and companies to share ‘cyber threat information’ with the government, for the purposes of enhancing cybersecurity,” the petition begins. “The problems arise from the definitions of these terms, especially when it comes to companies sharing data with the feds.”

• CISPA Opponent’s Petition Reaches White House To Stop Congress

Not so Fast WA: Drones could bring billions of dollars, jobs, to Washington state

While Washington competes to be designated a test site for unmanned aircraft by the FAA a new report details just how much money the drone industry could bring to our state. New estimates show Washington could see an economic impact of more than $1.3 billion in just three years.

“Washington is one of those states that would be benefited the most. You have Boeing, which is already involved in this. But you also have all the spin-offs from having a high number of well-trained engineers with product knowledge on this,” says study author and aviation economist Daryl Jenkins.

Nationally, the immediate impact could be upwards of $13 billion, according to Jenkins.

• Drones could bring billions of dollars, jobs, to Washington state

Much-needed legislation to control surveillance by government drones has gained bipartisan support in Olympia. HB 1771 puts reasonable rules in place that would protect the public against warrantless surveillance while allowing drone use for legitimate purposes – like avalanche patrols and rescue operations. But Boeing is lobbying heavily to block the bill. Tell the Governor not to give in to Boeing – the people of Washington want safeguards against suspicionless surveillance.

• Don’t Let Boeing Block Reasonable Rules for Drones | American Civil Liberties Union

A bi-partisan bill to limit drone use within Washington state is meeting resistance from the aerospace and defense corporation Boeing.

• Boeing lobbyists attempt to derail Wash. state drone regulation bill

Fukushima disaster: Two years in

Japan’s 52 nuclear reactors were taken off line following the world’s second most grievous nuclear accident (after Chernobyl). All but two remain in cold shutdown. As Japan scrambled to replace all that lost energy production it gobbled up oil to fire up generators

• Fukushima Sparks Energy Tug Of War 2 Years Later

• Fukushima disaster: Long road to nuclear clean-up

Soon after the disaster Japan’s government revised plans on developing the national nuclear energy industry. The same year Germany approved a program on abandoning nuclear power. At present only 9 NPPs are operating there. Though Germany plans to shut them down by 2022, experts note that Berlin just like Tokyo will have to adjust its plans.

In late 2012, the new Japanese government announced plans to deviate from the policy of the previous cabinet and re-launch 6 nuclear reactors on the territory of the country. The term was not mentioned

• Two years after Fukushima disaster: too early to give up nuclear energy

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Starting next week a bitter struggle between world super powers for control of the Internet will begin, we bring you up to speed on it, and update you on the efforts underway domestically to combat cyber boogeyman from the future.

Bradley Manning\’s treatment in custody will be heard in court, and we have the details. Plus We’ll update you on a few important stories that have repercussions around the world.

Then in ACT3: You sent in some tough questions, and we do our best to respond.

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ACT ONE:

• Controversy over Susan Rice\’s Benghazi comments continues

• Obama: \’Susan Rice is extraordinary\’

• Court hears of Bradley Manning\’s treatment in custody

• Bradley Manning case heads back to court – CNN Security Clearance – CNN.com Blogs

• Justice Department, Republicans in talks over ‘Fast and Furious’ lawsuit

• Confidential police info found in Macy\’s parade confetti sparks investigation

• GOP recommends Lamar Smith, SOPA author and global warming critic, as chairman of Science, Space, and Tech committee

Senators Make Bid To End Indefinite Detention In NDAA

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/28/indefinite-detention-ndaa-senate_n_2207794.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003

ACT TWO: Locking Down the Net

• How the ITU could put the internet behind closed doors.

• Bitter struggle over Internet regulation to dominate global summit

• UN Agency\’s Leaked Playbook: Panic, Chaos over Anti-Internet Treaty

• Senate bill rewrite lets feds read your e-mail without warrants

• Cybersecurity bill is likely agenda item for Congress in 2013

• Bank Hackers Deny They\’re Agents of Iran

• FBI Financial Sector Cyber Security Presentation | Public Intelligence

• Congressman proposes 2-year ban on bills about Internet

• Cyberwar: hype or reality?

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