Hi Mike Masnick,
Sorry to post to this story about something slightly outside the subject matter (maybe?) but I wanted to let you know that your Twitter profile now lists your @mmasnick account as protected.
"This account's tweets are protected.
Only confirmed followers have access to @mmasnick's tweets"
Along with @Popehat who I also read daily.
I don't have a Twitter account for a variety of reasons but I do read your posts, Ken White's, and a few others. Last night my time (22:00 GMT+1) I was still able to access your feeds via nitter but today at 9:30 your account became "protected" and @popehat.
I assume you didn't set it as protected and just wanted to let you know
When I first read this statement it seemed off. Compared to the Q&A session on the Guardian and anything he wrote in Ars Technica, it does not seem to be the same writing style or word usage.
It seemed overlly dramatic and filled with vitrol.
Here is a link to the Q&A
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/17/edward-snowden-nsa-files-whistleblower
I posted a document that stated exactly how many people had clearance (all types of clearances) in the US.
Out of 1,409,969 people who have top secret classification 791,200 were government employees. 483,263 were contractors. 135,506 were other (defined as not either government or contractors).
This is the total population that has top secret classification, not just for intelligence purposes. The NSA is not the only agency or department in the government that uses people who have top secret classification.
I couldn't find an email address to use, so this will be a long comment.
"The article claims 850,000 NSA employees and contractors with top secret clearance can access the GCHQ database."
This is not correct. I sent an email to the Guardian and I posted in their comment section, however no one seems to care. I would love it if someone would actually research this and correct it.
According to the guardian.co.uk on June 6th, 2013 the NSA had 100,000 employees.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/06/national-security-agency-surveillance
According to the Report on Security Clearance Determinations January 2013 the total amount of people in the US who have top-secret clearance is 1,409,969. 791,200 come from the government.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/othergov/intel/clear-2012.pdf
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@Mmasnick posts on Twitter are blocked
Hi Mike Masnick, Sorry to post to this story about something slightly outside the subject matter (maybe?) but I wanted to let you know that your Twitter profile now lists your @mmasnick account as protected. "This account's tweets are protected. Only confirmed followers have access to @mmasnick's tweets" Along with @Popehat who I also read daily. I don't have a Twitter account for a variety of reasons but I do read your posts, Ken White's, and a few others. Last night my time (22:00 GMT+1) I was still able to access your feeds via nitter but today at 9:30 your account became "protected" and @popehat. I assume you didn't set it as protected and just wanted to let you know
Not just the Dem's
Trump wants this too and less restrictions on placing people on watch lists.
He should be mentioned in this article.
Seemed off when I first read it
When I first read this statement it seemed off. Compared to the Q&A session on the Guardian and anything he wrote in Ars Technica, it does not seem to be the same writing style or word usage.
It seemed overlly dramatic and filled with vitrol.
Here is a link to the Q&A
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/17/edward-snowden-nsa-files-whistleblower
Re: Re: The 850,000 NSA employee number needs to be evaluated
I posted a document that stated exactly how many people had clearance (all types of clearances) in the US.
Out of 1,409,969 people who have top secret classification 791,200 were government employees. 483,263 were contractors. 135,506 were other (defined as not either government or contractors).
This is the total population that has top secret classification, not just for intelligence purposes. The NSA is not the only agency or department in the government that uses people who have top secret classification.
P.3
http://www.fas.org/sgp/othergov/intel/clear-2012.pdf
The 850,000 NSA employee number needs to be evaluated
I couldn't find an email address to use, so this will be a long comment.
"The article claims 850,000 NSA employees and contractors with top secret clearance can access the GCHQ database."
This is not correct. I sent an email to the Guardian and I posted in their comment section, however no one seems to care. I would love it if someone would actually research this and correct it.
According to the guardian.co.uk on June 6th, 2013 the NSA had 100,000 employees.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/06/national-security-agency-surveillance
According to the Report on Security Clearance Determinations January 2013 the total amount of people in the US who have top-secret clearance is 1,409,969. 791,200 come from the government.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/othergov/intel/clear-2012.pdf