“None of it’s true.
It’s a very formalized legal process that companies are obliged to do.”
The leakedpresentation slidessay the program began in September 2007, only weeks after the foreign surveillancelawwas amended.
The Washington Post hasbacktrackedfrom its initialreporton PRISM.
At first, the paper claimed the Silicon Valley firms “participate knowingly in PRISM operations.”
But then – without explanation – the newspaper quietly removed that language last night.
Google CEO Larry Page and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg today gave blanket denials about participating in any such program.
The Wall Street Journalsubsequently reportedthat AT&T and Sprint were swept in as well.
Washington officials quickly confirmed that the leaked Verizon order was real.
President Obama addressed the NSA’s program duringbrief remarksin San Jose, Calif., this morning.
It still has to be particularized."
And the surveillance process must comply with the Fourth Amendment.
Judges must consider whether the targeting procedures are “reasonably designed” to exclude Americans and purely domestic surveillance.
One unnamed company did just that, albeit under a slightly differentearlier version of the law.
How much oversight and review the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court actually provides is less than clear.
The Electronic Privacy Information Center todaysaidVinson’s order was illegal.
There’s no discretion.
Then you implement it according to the order…
There are CALEA-covered entities that would use a CALEA interface.
Apple, Google, Yahoo, and Facebook aren’t currently regulated.
It’s not, he said, the name of a secret surveillance program.
It’s not unusual to see PRISM experience required injob postingsat government contractors as well.
He added, referring to the Post’s coverage: “It looks rushed and it looks wrong.”
