The Raw Story | White House responds to request for info on Gonzales testimony

The Raw Story | White House responds to request for info on Gonzales testimony: "CNN Correspondent Suzanne Malveaux said the administration's letter declared that NSA programs other than the wiretapping program acknowledged by Bush are classified and cannot be discussed.

'So what they’re saying is everything else is secret but what he was talking about specifically was the Terrorist Surveillance Program,' she said Tuesday.

A spokeswoman for Sen. Patrick Leahy, the committee chairman who also is expected to receive the administration's response, told RAW STORY early Tuesday afternoon that he had not seen the letter."

What other programs are they running behind our backs? I cannot even imagine with the technology that is available to the NSA. Spy satellites, house bugs, electronic records...

BBC NEWS | Business | Blackberry ban for French elite

BBC NEWS | Business | Blackberry ban for French elite: "Workers in the French president's and prime minister's office have been told their e-mails risk falling into foreign hands, Le Monde newspaper reports.

France's SGDN security service is worried because Blackberries use US- and UK-based servers, the paper says."

Well, I don't think any country should trust that the United States would not spy on their citizens right now. After all, America is spying on its own citizens...

French Find Hidden American Satellites in Orbit : TruthEra.com - Uncover the Truth

French Find Hidden American Satellites in Orbit : TruthEra.com - Uncover the Truth: "A French space-surveillance radar has detected 20-30 satellites in low Earth orbit that do not figure in the U.S. Defense Department’s published catalogue, a discovery that French officials say they will use to pressure U.S. authorities to stop publishing the whereabouts of French reconnaissance and military communications satellites."

You have to wonder what these satellites do. God only knows when it comes to satellites that "do not exist."

Which ISPs Are Spying on You?

"Wired News, with help from some readers, attempted to get real answers from the largest United States-based ISPs about what information they gather on their customers' use of the internet, and how long they retain records like IP addresses, e-mail and real-time browsing activity."

"Internet surveillance recently got easier, as the deadline passed last week for ISPs to equip their networks to federal specifications for real-time surveillance of a target's e-mails, VOIP calls and internet usage -- as well as data like IP address assignment and web URLs. While law enforcement currently prefers to ask for stored internet records rather than get real-time surveillance, that balance may shift once the nation's networks are wired to government surveillance standards."

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Of course, the corporations are keeping their mouths shut. They are probably stockpiling terabytes upon terabytes of information for the government. It is of course, for our own safety. Must stop those terrorists, by reading the email about dinner tonight.