18-04-2013, 06:43 AM
(This post was last modified: 18-04-2013, 07:14 AM by Adele Edisen.)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...izens.html
(Lots more on Google, but use "Bumblehive + NSA" in search box. Bumblehive alone will produce a specialty shop in Rhinebeck, NY. - AE)
Is the NSA building a $800million data center to spy on Americans? Utah desert facility code-named Bumblehive 'will monitor emails of U.S. citizens'
National Security Agency insists the site will operate according to laws that limit spying on U.S. citizens
But civil liberties campaigners warn that the government is seeking to expand these powers
The U.S. government operated a secret warrantless wiretapping programme between 2001 and 2005
By Daily Mail Reporter
PUBLISHED:08:51 EST, 16 April 2013| UPDATED: 19:34 EST, 16 April 2013
US spy chiefs have been accused of building an £800million cyber base to keep tabs on American citizens.
The state-of-the-art data centre in the Utah desert codenamed Bumblehive is intended to bolster online security efforts.
But former employees say it could be used to monitor people's private emails.
The US National Security Agency, the secretive body that serves the military and intelligence communities, denied the claims. It said: Many unfounded allegations have been made about the planned activities of the Utah Data Centre.
Surveillance: The site plan for the NSA's Utah data center, code-named Bumblehive, which has been accused of being built to spy on American citizens
One of the biggest misconceptions about NSA is that we are unlawfully listening in on, or reading emails of, US citizens. This is simply not the case.'
Fox News aired a television report about the 1million-sq/ft facility on Friday in which former NSA employees raised concerns that the facility would be used to monitor the emails of U.S. citizens.
'Many unfounded allegations have been made about the planned activities of the Utah Data Center,' the NSA said in a statement.
It added that 'one of the biggest misconceptions about NSA is that we are unlawfully listening in on, or reading emails of, U.S. citizens. This is simply not the case.'
The NSA said it remained 'unwavering' in its respect for U.S. laws and American citizens' civil liberties, and noted that it was subject to broad oversight by all three branches of government.
Read More:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...izens.html
Adele
(Lots more on Google, but use "Bumblehive + NSA" in search box. Bumblehive alone will produce a specialty shop in Rhinebeck, NY. - AE)
Is the NSA building a $800million data center to spy on Americans? Utah desert facility code-named Bumblehive 'will monitor emails of U.S. citizens'
National Security Agency insists the site will operate according to laws that limit spying on U.S. citizens
But civil liberties campaigners warn that the government is seeking to expand these powers
The U.S. government operated a secret warrantless wiretapping programme between 2001 and 2005
By Daily Mail Reporter
PUBLISHED:08:51 EST, 16 April 2013| UPDATED: 19:34 EST, 16 April 2013
US spy chiefs have been accused of building an £800million cyber base to keep tabs on American citizens.
The state-of-the-art data centre in the Utah desert codenamed Bumblehive is intended to bolster online security efforts.
But former employees say it could be used to monitor people's private emails.
The US National Security Agency, the secretive body that serves the military and intelligence communities, denied the claims. It said: Many unfounded allegations have been made about the planned activities of the Utah Data Centre.
Surveillance: The site plan for the NSA's Utah data center, code-named Bumblehive, which has been accused of being built to spy on American citizens
One of the biggest misconceptions about NSA is that we are unlawfully listening in on, or reading emails of, US citizens. This is simply not the case.'
Fox News aired a television report about the 1million-sq/ft facility on Friday in which former NSA employees raised concerns that the facility would be used to monitor the emails of U.S. citizens.
'Many unfounded allegations have been made about the planned activities of the Utah Data Center,' the NSA said in a statement.
It added that 'one of the biggest misconceptions about NSA is that we are unlawfully listening in on, or reading emails of, U.S. citizens. This is simply not the case.'
The NSA said it remained 'unwavering' in its respect for U.S. laws and American citizens' civil liberties, and noted that it was subject to broad oversight by all three branches of government.
Read More:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...izens.html
Adele