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.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by c0lo on Sunday July 13 2014, @04:06AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 13 2014, @04:25AM
> 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
Actual illegal communications.
(May or may not have been) Posted from my K6-2, Athlon XP, or Pentium I/II/III.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by r3dakted on Sunday July 13 2014, @05:56AM
Perhaps the ~20% of international communications that doesn't route through the US?
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Sunday July 13 2014, @07:24AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Sunday July 13 2014, @10:01AM
Maybe all the hotline calls where you hang up after hearing the waiting loop music for half an hour?
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Sunday July 13 2014, @01:19PM
Not the kind of hotline I call, but granted those I do call don't rely on articulated speech to convey the message
(ducks)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 13 2014, @01:34PM
Robodialer calls. Nobody wants to listen to those.