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Local police say they have used two unarmed Predators based at Grand Forks Air Force Base to fly at least two dozen surveillance flights since June. The FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration have used Predators for other domestic investigations, officials said.

Nach einem Bericht von ZDNet müssen amerikanische Anbieter von Cloud-Diensten US-Behörden Zugriff auf die bei ihnen gespeicherten Daten gewähren. Hiervon eingeschlossen sind in der EU ansässige Firmen mit Mutterkonzernen in Amerika, sowie Rechenzentren in Europa unter Administration amerikanischer Firmen.

Here are stills I took from the 60 Minutes episode on Thomas Drake, 22 May 2011, apparently of NSA offices. The episode stated the clips are from 2001 and represent one of the only times cameras have been in NSA.

Die als “Computer and Internet Protocol Address Verifier” (CIPAV) bezeichnete Software des FBI sei “in Fällen im ganzen Land” zum Einsatz gekommen, folgert die Vereinigung aus den Schreiben, die sie nach einer Anfrage auf Basis des US-amerikanischen Informationsfreiheitsgesetzes (Freedom of Information Act) von 2007 erhalten hat. (…) Der CIPAV ermittelt und versendet unter anderem IP-Nummern, die MAC-Adresse, die offenen Ports, die laufenden Programme, Daten der Windows-Version und den bei der Registrierung angegebenen Namen.

The US military is developing software that will let it secretly manipulate social media sites by using fake online personas to influence internet conversations and spread pro-American propaganda. (…) The Centcom contract stipulates that each fake online persona must have a convincing background, history and supporting details, and that up to 50 US-based controllers should be able to operate false identities from their workstations “without fear of being discovered by sophisticated adversaries”. (…) Once developed, the software could allow US service personnel, working around the clock in one location, to respond to emerging online conversations with any number of co-ordinated messages, blogposts, chatroom posts and other interventions. Details of the contract suggest this location would be MacDill air force base near Tampa, Florida, home of US Special Operations Command.