Binney: “The NSA lies about what it stores.”

July 13th, 2014

Via: Guardian:

William Binney is one of the highest-level whistleblowers to ever emerge from the NSA. He was a leading code-breaker against the Soviet Union during the Cold War but resigned soon after September 11, disgusted by Washington’s move towards mass surveillance.

On 5 July he spoke at a conference in London organised by the Centre for Investigative Journalism and revealed the extent of the surveillance programs unleashed by the Bush and Obama administrations.

“At least 80% of fibre-optic cables globally go via the US”, Binney said. “This is no accident and allows the US to view all communication coming in. At least 80% of all audio calls, not just metadata, are recorded and stored in the US. The NSA lies about what it stores.”

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One Response to “Binney: “The NSA lies about what it stores.””

  1. alvinroast says:
    July 13, 2014 at 9:01 pm

    What happens to the other <20% and why?

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