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| NSA collection of Verizon phone records sparks angry reaction | NSA collection of Verizon phone records sparks angry reaction |
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| The Guardian revealed on Thursday that the National Security Agency is collecting the telephone records of millions of US customers of a division of Verizon, one of America's largest telecoms providers, under a top-secret court order issued in April. Here we round-up some of the reaction to the story from Twitter. | The Guardian revealed on Thursday that the National Security Agency is collecting the telephone records of millions of US customers of a division of Verizon, one of America's largest telecoms providers, under a top-secret court order issued in April. Here we round-up some of the reaction to the story from Twitter. |
| From Al Gore, former US vice-president: | From Al Gore, former US vice-president: |
| In digital era, privacy must be a priority. Is it just me, or is secret blanket surveillance obscenely outrageous? http://t.co/KONSBtTWjc | In digital era, privacy must be a priority. Is it just me, or is secret blanket surveillance obscenely outrageous? http://t.co/KONSBtTWjc |
| Colorado senator Mark Udall, who has long been vocal about the scope of the Obama administration's surveillance activities, spoke out Thursday morning: | Colorado senator Mark Udall, who has long been vocal about the scope of the Obama administration's surveillance activities, spoke out Thursday morning: |
| As a member of Senate #Intelligence Committee, I've been pressing on #FISA, #surveillance & #privacy issues for years. | As a member of Senate #Intelligence Committee, I've been pressing on #FISA, #surveillance & #privacy issues for years. |
| Former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer served under president George W Bush from January 2001 to July 2003. | Former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer served under president George W Bush from January 2001 to July 2003. |
| Drone strikes. Wiretaps. Gitmo. O is carrying out Bush's 4th term. Yet he attacked Bush 4 violating Constitution. #hypocrisy | Drone strikes. Wiretaps. Gitmo. O is carrying out Bush's 4th term. Yet he attacked Bush 4 violating Constitution. #hypocrisy |
| From Martin Varsavsky of Columbia University: | From Martin Varsavsky of Columbia University: |
| Don't blame Verizon for this one. It's the government you elected who is spying on you. http://t.co/MhPT1uXp7g | Don't blame Verizon for this one. It's the government you elected who is spying on you. http://t.co/MhPT1uXp7g |
| From Matt Apuzzo of the Associated Press who, along with his editor, Ted Bridis, was among a group of journalists from that organisation whose phones had been seized by the US government in a widely reported terrorism probe: | From Matt Apuzzo of the Associated Press who, along with his editor, Ted Bridis, was among a group of journalists from that organisation whose phones had been seized by the US government in a widely reported terrorism probe: |
| THIS is why America needs 'leakers' RT @ggreenwald: NSA is collecting phone records of millions of Americans daily http://t.co/LBHJt0CmdD” | THIS is why America needs 'leakers' RT @ggreenwald: NSA is collecting phone records of millions of Americans daily http://t.co/LBHJt0CmdD” |
| From senator Bernie Sanders, the longest-serving independent senator in US congress who has voted against extensions of the Patriot Act: | From senator Bernie Sanders, the longest-serving independent senator in US congress who has voted against extensions of the Patriot Act: |
| Must Read: NSA collecting phone records of millions of Verizon customers daily - @GGreenwald, @Guardian: http://t.co/4lj9PYMla1 #NSA | Must Read: NSA collecting phone records of millions of Verizon customers daily - @GGreenwald, @Guardian: http://t.co/4lj9PYMla1 #NSA |
| From American Civil Liberties Union lobbyist Michelle Richardson: | From American Civil Liberties Union lobbyist Michelle Richardson: |
| Hill staff: look down at your BBs, now back to me. See that Verizon logo? Your calls and emails are with the NSA now. | Hill staff: look down at your BBs, now back to me. See that Verizon logo? Your calls and emails are with the NSA now. |
| New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof: | New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof: |
| I wouldn't want to be a NSA staffer with a communication history with any Greenwald. Or even any record of wearing green. | I wouldn't want to be a NSA staffer with a communication history with any Greenwald. Or even any record of wearing green. |
| From Jon Swaine of the Daily Telegraph: | From Jon Swaine of the Daily Telegraph: |
| Yo @Verizon, broadband at @Telegraph’s New York office is out. I think you meant to hit the rotters at @GuardianUS just down the street | Yo @Verizon, broadband at @Telegraph’s New York office is out. I think you meant to hit the rotters at @GuardianUS just down the street |
| From CNN host Piers Morgan: | From CNN host Piers Morgan: |
| Can't just be Verizon, right? That wouldn't make much sense... unless their customers are more dangerous. #NSA | Can't just be Verizon, right? That wouldn't make much sense... unless their customers are more dangerous. #NSA |
| From Charlotte Greensit, former senior editor at Time magazine: | |
| Oops. #verizon @guardian pic.twitter.com/ghRH1Zf8py | Oops. #verizon @guardian pic.twitter.com/ghRH1Zf8py |
| From Politico’s Alex Byers: | From Politico’s Alex Byers: |
| As we've written, WH assurance that no call content was obtained from VZ doesn't mean much when records paint such a detailed pic. | As we've written, WH assurance that no call content was obtained from VZ doesn't mean much when records paint such a detailed pic. |
| Guy Benson, politics editor of US conservative magazine Townhall: | Guy Benson, politics editor of US conservative magazine Townhall: |
| Honest question: Who would have to sign off on such a massive NSA operation, and what's the possible justification? #NSA | Honest question: Who would have to sign off on such a massive NSA operation, and what's the possible justification? #NSA |
| Foreign Policy blogger Brian Fung: | Foreign Policy blogger Brian Fung: |
| Fun fact: 64 years ago today, George Orwell published "1984." http://t.co/A5IUaCFaoH #NSA | Fun fact: 64 years ago today, George Orwell published "1984." http://t.co/A5IUaCFaoH #NSA |
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