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posted by azrael on Sunday July 13 2014, @02:27AM   Printer-friendly
from the pinch-of-salt dept.

At least 80 percent of all audio calls are gathered and stored by the NSA, whistleblower William Binney has revealed. The former code-breaker says the spy agency's ultimate aim is no less than total population control.

"At least 80 percent of fiber-optic cables globally go via the US", Binney said. "This is no accident and allows the US to view all communication coming in. At least 80 percent of all audio calls, not just metadata, are recorded and stored in the US. The NSA lies about what it stores."

Binney has no evidence to substantiate his claims as he did not take any documents with him when he left the NSA. However, he insists the organization is untruthful about its intelligence gathering practices and their ultimate aim. He says that recent Supreme Court decisions have led him to believe the NSA won't stop until it has complete control over the population.

 
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  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by c0lo on Sunday July 13 2014, @04:06AM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Sunday July 13 2014, @04:06AM (#68358) Journal
    What is those 20% they are not storing? Awkward silences during phone calls?
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 13 2014, @04:25AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 13 2014, @04:25AM (#68365)

    > What is those 20% they are not storing? Awkward silences during phone calls?

    Their own comms and the comms of big banks and other friendlies.

  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by meisterister on Sunday July 13 2014, @05:17AM

    by meisterister (949) on Sunday July 13 2014, @05:17AM (#68375) Journal

    Actual illegal communications.

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  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by r3dakted on Sunday July 13 2014, @05:56AM

    by r3dakted (409) on Sunday July 13 2014, @05:56AM (#68387)

    Perhaps the ~20% of international communications that doesn't route through the US?

    • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Sunday July 13 2014, @07:24AM

      by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Sunday July 13 2014, @07:24AM (#68406) Journal
      That was years ago. You sure they still don't?
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  • (Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Sunday July 13 2014, @10:01AM

    by maxwell demon (1608) on Sunday July 13 2014, @10:01AM (#68452) Journal

    Maybe all the hotline calls where you hang up after hearing the waiting loop music for half an hour?

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    • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Sunday July 13 2014, @01:19PM

      by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Sunday July 13 2014, @01:19PM (#68515) Journal

      Maybe all the hotline calls where you hang up after hearing the waiting loop music for half an hour?

      Not the kind of hotline I call, but granted those I do call don't rely on articulated speech to convey the message
      (ducks)

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 13 2014, @01:34PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 13 2014, @01:34PM (#68520)

    Robodialer calls. Nobody wants to listen to those.