You are here

Home

P.I.D. Radio - 08-19-2013 - The NSA Strikes Back

Primary tabs

Tue, 08/20/2013 - 23:09 — ConCen
SizeSeedsPeersCompleted
33.73 MiB000
This torrent has no flags.

File 33724.torrent

THE PARTNER of Guardian reporter Glenn Greenwald was detained at Heathrow Airport in London for nine hours Sunday under the UK’s Terrorism Act. Encrypted files from whistleblower Edward Snowden, on a portable computer drive intended for Greenwald, were among items confiscated from David Miranda. Comes word this afternoon that the White House had advance knowledge of Miranda’s detention — although, a spokesman said, “it’s not something we requested.”

Meanwhile, we learn that Snowden began downloading NSA files a year earlier than previously reported
(http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/15/usa-security-snowden-dell-idUS...), while he was an employee of computer maker Dell Inc. Also, the NSA awards North Carolina State a record grant to study data analysis; Verizon invited to participate in a $10 billion contract to provide cloud services to the government; and scientists call for papers on how to build a
golem (http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showcfp?eventid=31120&copyowner...).

http://www.pidradio.com/