DoJ to Snowden: Hope your 15 minutes were worth it, pal

[Eddie Teach]

THATS REAL RETARDED SIR

Hush yo mouth, creepy ass cracka.


Did I say it right?

[The Larch]

France denied a Bolivian plan entry into its airspace because of fear that Snowdon might be on board. Going a little crazy, no? Of course, if any country would try to smuggle Snowdon out of Moscow...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23156360

It seems that Morales' plane was screened by Austrian police when it stopped in Vienna to check if Snowden was there, to no avail. Over-reacting much?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-23158242

Snowden case: Bolivia condemns jet 'aggression'

Bolivia has accused European countries of an "act of aggression" for refusing to allow its presidential jet into their airspace, amid suggestions US fugitive Edward Snowden was on board.

[CountDeMoney]

The little shit may be reduced to munching on vending machine food by now, but with all this silliness going on, I'm sure he's munching smugly.

[Ed Anger]

I love how the spics in funny hats say the US ordered the French to close their airspace. LOL

[Jacob]

I'm getting the impression that significant parts of American intelligence related work is outsourced to private companies - security clearances, data handling and analysis and that sort of thing. Even policy drafting?

Does anyone know to what extent that is true?

[Neil]

I'm getting the impression that significant parts of American intelligence related work is outsourced to private companies - security clearances, data handling and analysis and that sort of thing. Even policy drafting?

Does anyone know to what extent that is true?

Well, such a thing would fit into the stereotypes of both parties.

[CountDeMoney]

I'm getting the impression that significant parts of American intelligence related work is outsourced to private companies - security clearances, data handling and analysis and that sort of thing. Even policy drafting?

Does anyone know to what extent that is true?

It is true.  Cheaper to contract it all out.  Private sector outsources their Federal-mandated critical infrastructure protection under HSPD-7 and HSPD-12, too. 

[Phillip V]

U.S. Postal Service Photographing All Mail for Law Enforcement

'Mr. Pickering was targeted by a longtime surveillance system called mail covers, but that is only a forerunner of a vastly more expansive effort, the Mail Isolation Control and Tracking program, in which Postal Service computers photograph the exterior of every piece of paper mail that is processed in the United States — about 160 billion pieces last year. It is not known how long the government saves the images.

Together, the two programs show that snail mail is subject to the same kind of scrutiny that the National Security Agency has given to telephone calls and e-mail.

At the request of law enforcement officials, postal workers record information from the outside of letters and parcels before they are delivered. The information is sent to whatever law enforcement agency asked for it. Tens of thousands of pieces of mail each year undergo this scrutiny.'

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/04/us/monitoring-of-snail-mail.html

Leslie James Pickering noticed something odd in his mail last September: A handwritten card, apparently delivered by mistake, with instructions for postal workers to pay special attention to the letters and packages sent to his home.

"Show all mail to supv" — supervisor — "for copying prior to going out on the street," read the card. It included Mr. Pickering's name, address and the type of mail that needed to be monitored. The word "confidential" was highlighted in green.

"It was a bit of a shock to see it," said Mr. Pickering, who owns a small bookstore in Buffalo. More than a decade ago, he was a spokesman for the Earth Liberation Front, a radical environmental group labeled eco-terrorists by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Postal officials subsequently confirmed they were indeed tracking Mr. Pickering's mail but told him nothing else.

As the world focuses on the high-tech spying of the National Security Agency, the misplaced card offers a rare glimpse inside the seemingly low-tech but prevalent snooping of the United States Postal Service.

[Kleves]

How dare the postal service look at the outside of my letters! 

[Valmy]

How dare the postal service look at the outside of my letters! 

Weak.

[The Brain]

It is estimated that two or three American nuclear power plants exist only to provide steam for the government's letter-opening campaign.

[garbon]

How dare the postal service look at the outside of my letters! 

Weak.

Actually I think he's right.

[Savonarola]

I get job listing from companies from time to time.  This morning I got one from Booz-Allen, and I thought "Yeah, I heard you had an opening."

A year ago all their jobs were satellite communications; now they're mostly data analysis.  My favorite title so far "Big Data Scientist."

[Syt]

I get job listing from companies from time to time.  This morning I got one from Booz-Allen, and I thought "Yeah, I heard you had an opening."

A year ago all their jobs were satellite communications; now they're mostly data analysis.  My favorite title so far "Big Data Scientist."

"Have to be 6'6" to apply."

[garbon]

http://news.yahoo.com/tale-routed-bolivian-presidents-plane-falling-apart-185343901.html

Bolivia