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Black Hat snarky tweets as NSA Chief delivered ‘Defending Freedom & Civil Liberties’ keynote

Hours before NSA Chief General Keith Alexander delivered the keynote address at the Black Hat security conference, The Guardian reported on the NSA surveillance program XKeyscore; it can allegedly give analysts access to “nearly everything a typical user does on the internet.” It no doubt took nerves of steel to address the crowd of hackers in order to defend the PRISM surveillance program known as…
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Homeland security official: Cyber defenders will respect civil rights – Palladium-Item

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A high-ranking Homeland Security official says the agency will protect Americans’ civil liberties and privacy while it partners with the military to protect the nation’s computer networks. An agreement with the military …
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