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You aren't really paying much attention if this is the first time you've heard about GCHQ. Shutoff the CNN and bookmark this: http://www.theguardian.com/world/the-nsa-files

July 7: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/jul/07/nsa-gchq-metadata-reassurances

July 2: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jul/02/nsa-revelations-debate-edward-snowden

July 1: http://www.theguardian.com/uk/defence-and-security-blog/2013/jul/01/gchq-nsa-eu

June 27: http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/jun/27/snoopers-charter-zero-chance-law

June 25: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jun/25/nsa-gchq-spy-germans

June 22: http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/jun/23/mi5-feared-gchq-went-too-far

June 22: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jun/22/gchq-internet-snooping-kafkaesque

June 22: http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/jun/22/gchq-spying-catastrophe-german-politicans

June 22: http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/jun/22/gchq-uksecurity

June 21: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jun/21/gchq-mastery-internet-mastery-everyone

June 21: http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/jun/21/how-does-gchq-internet-surveillance-work

June 21: http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/jun/21/gchq-mastering-the-internet

June 21: http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/jun/21/gchq-cables-secret-world-communications-nsa

Unfortunately, this had ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH THE NSA. Read the bottom half of the Guardian's article: the guy was reported to the local police by a (former) employer over searches conducted on a work computer.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/22/edward-snowden-us-china

0111 its getting interesting:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/07/30/govt-knows-best-white-house-creates-nudge-squad-to-shape-behavior/
http://www.businessinsider.com.au/us-domestic-propaganda-officially-aired-2013-7
Also recall the classic http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-operation-social-networks
If all that fails:
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/03/petraeus-tv-remote/

An FBI spokesman confirmed the Guardian's report.

The Guardian article about NSA's XKeyscore shows that they sweep up referrer information from general internet traffic, which includes the Google search terms. So they don't need to see your actual Google activity when they can see where you go from there.

Plausible??? How much direct whist-blower presented evidence do we need? I mean, Snowden has destroyed his life to get the truth to us, the least we can do is give the information he sacrificed all for a little more weight and consideration...

What. Impossible!

Check the PRISM slides. Did you just find out about this mess today or are you part of the US propaganda army trying to spread as much disinformation as possible?

What remains to be sorted out:

  * who is accountable for all of the laws broken by the NSA

  * what programs they still have in place which are illegal

  * when these illegal programs will be terminated

We also need an audit of XKeyscore to see for what was searched and how often the system was misused.

Maybe it's not, but Russia isn't pissed at him at the moment, so it's still better than being in the US.

Exactly. We only have to look at Bradley Manning to see what treatment Snowden is likely to face if the US gets its claws into him.

But Snowden had better be prepared for a more protracted stay in Russia (if permitted), since he is likely to be intercepted if he attempts to travel anywhere else.

I'm not sure if you're trolling, since I've seen posts of this ilk that are completely serious...

Anyway, I'll take the bait -- the NSA can read your "private communications": http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/31/nsa-top-secret-program-online-data

If the cost of protecting us from the terrorists is to live in a police state, then I would prefer to take my chances with the terrorists. The odds of me being a target are minimal while the risks of a corrupt government using this total awareness system to oppress my freedom are that much greater. Fact is, you are more in danger from your own state security apparatus that any foreign terrorist. Iraq never attacked the US. Saddam Hussein was a puppet president installed by the CIA and an ally of the US, at least until he invaded Kuwait and threatened to stop trading his Oil in petrodollars. Al-Qaeda was formed from the remnants of a guerilla army armed and financed by the CIA to oppose the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. As such, US state security would have been aware of their capability, ideology and intentions. As such the state security apparatus didn't need the NSA to know this as they - state security - helped create it. What this lawful intercept program is really about is silencing political dissent, such as the Occupy Wall St movement.

27:25 "We comply with the court orders and do this exactly right", Gen. Keith Alexander

There are NO court orders !

NSA Director General Keith Alexander at Blackhat 2013

Hmm? I am running noscript and dont have anything else on that page allowed but their own domain. Not even googleapis, and it is working fine for me.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/jul/31/nsa-xkeyscore-program-full-presentation

talking about this link, ya, a further up link had the pages in smaller form.

Good to hear that the USA would never mistreat a prisoner.

Yes I saw that, and although it shouldn't by now it really pisses me off.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/jul/31/nsa-xkeyscore-program-full-presentation

"Massive distributed Linux cluster"
"System can scale Linearly - simply add a new server to the cluster"

How about we get Linus to bury some code in there so we can spy on the NSA? See how they like it?

Yea... something tells me they aren't on a current, publicly available release.

Although, the idea of secret NSA servers hitting http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal main restricted does kinda crack me up.

Yes I saw that, and although it shouldn't by now it really pisses me off.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/jul/31/nsa-xkeyscore-program-full-presentation

"Massive distributed Linux cluster"
"System can scale Linearly - simply add a new server to the cluster"

How about we get Linus to bury some code in there so we can spy on the NSA? See how they like it?

There is only one part of what I posted that was speculative, and that is the link between Manning and Assange. It isn't much of a leap, is it?

Taliban prepare to punish WikiLeaks Afghan informers

I assume you prefer that terrorist attacks against Australia and Australians fail, rather than succeed? (Hate to ask, but can't really assume on Slashdot, can we? Plenty of people (narcissists?) are actually indifferent.)

Transnational Terrorism: The Threat to Australia

It could be that the prosecution just didn't meet the burden of proof for the charge of aiding the enemy.

Manning was also found guilty of "wrongfully and wantonly" causing to be published on the internet intelligence belonging to the US, "having knowledge that intelligence published on the internet is accesible to the enemy". That guilty ruling could still have widest ramifications for news organisations working on investigations relating to US national security -- The Guardian

I'm curious, do you acknowledge that the US has any external enemies? Or do you think that the only enemy of the US is the federal government?

My biggest problem with him is that, in fact, he released so much that I'd have to call him on his statement that he could have had any idea that they would be harmless. His action was more reckless than malicious.

Wrong.

To impugn Manning's conduct, it is often claimed - by people who cannot possibly know this - that he failed to assess the diplomatic cables he was releasing and simply handed them over without having any idea what was in them. Here is Manning explaining the detailed process he undertook to determine their contents and ensure that they would not result in serious harm to innocent individuals; listen on the player above.

Of the documents release, the cables were the only one I was not absolutely certain couldn't harm the United States. I conducted research on the cables published on the Net Centric Diplomacy, as well as how Department of State cables worked in general.

        "In particular, I wanted to know how each cable was published on SIRPnet via the Net Centric Diplomacy. As part of my open source research, I found a document published by the Department of State on its official website.

        "The document provided guidance on caption markings for individual cables and handling instructions for their distribution. I quickly learned the caption markings clearly detailed the sensitivity of the Department of State cables. For example, NODIS or No Distribution was used for messages at the highest sensitivity and were only distributed to the authorized recipients.

        "The SIPDIS or SIPRnet distribution caption was applied only to recording of other information messages that were deemed appropriate for a release for a wide number of individuals. According to the Department of State guidance for a cable to have the SIPDIS caption, it could not include other captions that were intended to limit distribution.

        "The SIPDIS caption was only for information that could only be shared with anyone with access to SIPRnet. I was aware that thousands of military personel, DoD, Department of State, and other civilian agencies had easy access to the tables. The fact that the SIPDIS caption was only for wide distribution made sense to me, given that the vast majority of the Net Centric Diplomacy Cables were not classified.

        "The more I read the cables, the more I came to the conclusion that this was the type of information that should become public. I once read and used a quote on open diplomacy written after the First World War and how the world would be a better place if states would avoid making secret pacts and deals with and against each other.

        "I thought these cables were a prime example of a need for a more open diplomacy. Given all of the Department of State cables that I read, the fact that most of the cables were unclassified, and that all the cables have a SIPDIS caption.

        "I believe that the public release of these cables would not damage the United States, however, I did believe that the cables might be embarrassing, since they represented very honest opinions and statements behind the backs of other nations and organizations."

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/mar/12/bradley-manning-tapes-own-words

Your entire post is nothing but a pile of self-aggrandizing offal:

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jan/16/vegans-stomach-unpalatable-truth-quinoa

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/protein-full-story/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2157221/Maybe-Prince-Charles-right-British-scientists-reveal-plants-really-talk.html

I don't mind other people making the choice to become herbivores, but when you start shoving it down everyone else's throat, or talk shit because other people don't choose the lifestyle you've chosen, I tend to develop a nasty case of gofuckyourself.

Get off that high horse, putz.

Someone posted this elsewhere, but it seems an appropriate response considering the 'holier-than-thou' tone of your post.

tl;dr summary - you veg{ans, etarians} are just as responsible for fucking up the environment as we omnivores, moreso in some ways. Take your high-and-mighty attitude and blow it out your quinoa-shooter.

Don't eat quinoa. Seriously don't.

I've been coming to Slashdot for many years to learn new things about tech and geek subjects but this is getting pathetic. Hate Apple, if you want, but at least base it vaguely on facts rather than complete and total bullshit lies.

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/video/2013/may/29/apples-dirty-little-tax-secret-video

This is my favourite video, to explain to you what is happening. Apple don't even use a tax haven :). In effect in America the taxman charges tax where a company is incorporated, Ireland charges a comapny where the company is managed. Apple tells the American taxman the company is incorporated in Ireland...and tells the Irish taxman Apple is managed in America. The senator proceeding over Apple said apple discovered "The holy grail of tax avoidance". They pay literally zero tax on those profits.