NSA

NSA revelations of privacy breaches ‘the tip of the iceberg’ – Senate duo Guardian. Throwing down a gauntlet to the Clapper Committee.
Whistleblowing is the new Civil Disobedience: Why Snowden matters Gaius Publius
Thomas Drake On Government Overreach, Obsessive Secrecy, and Constitutional Abuses Jesse (JCC, rich)
BFP Exclusive- Bruce Fein: A Bad Penny That Is Always Turning Up Boiling Frogs (Deontos).
You Won’t BELIEVE What’s Going On with Government Spying on Americans George Washington.
British cat DNA database helps convict killer Associated Press.

NSA

Report: Secret Service Targeted Aaron Swartz Jonathan Turley
Edward Snowden downloaded NSA secrets while working for Dell: Sources Reuters
All Three Branches Conduct Vaunted NSA Oversight! Marcy Wheeler
NSA Surveillance Broke Privacy Rules Thousands Of Times Per Year: Report Huffington Post
Exclusive: Edward Snowden Says Media Being Misled ‘About My Situation’ Huffington Post


http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2013/08/thomas-drake-on-government-overreach.html

http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/511928.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-broke-privacy-rules-thousands-of-times-per-year-audit-finds/2013/08/15/3310e554-05ca-11e3-a07f-49ddc7417125_story.html

NSA, Larry Summers

Intelligence committee urged to explain if they withheld crucial NSA document Guardian
Turns out that big Al Qaeda conference call that scared everyone was actually posts on a Jihadi forum Gawker
Administration’s OWN White Paper Backs Claim Mike Rogers Did Not Share Dragnet Notice Marcy Wheeler
There Is No Such Thing As NSA-Proof Email Mother Jones
Cyber Spies in London Recycle Bins Told to Move On Infosecurity
Political Economy Trumps Macroeconomics Douglas Weldone, TouchStone
Obama’s unconstitutional steps worse than Nixon’s George Will

Tell President Obama to not appoint Larry Summers as Federal Reserve chair Daily Kos.
Larry Summers – Obama’s Fatal Attraction? Rugged Egalitarianism
White House said to be telling senators who don’t want Larry Summers as Fed chief to bug off Daily Kos (Carol B)
Why Is the Fed Chairman a Bank Regulator (or an Economist)? Adam Levitin,
Center For American Progress Says Larry Summers ‘Not A Wall Street Guy’ DSWright Firedoglake.
I Know What You Did Last, Summers: The Shady Deals That Will Hand Larry The Fed Mark Ames,

NSA, Paul Craig Roberts

The NSA Is Commandeering the Internet Bruce Schneier, Atlantic
How Laura Poitras Helped Snowden Spill His Secrets New York Times
EXCLUSIVE: Owner of Snowden’s Email Service on Why He Closed Lavabit Rather Than Comply With Gov’t Democracy Now!
Google Tells Court You Cannot Expect Privacy When Sending Messages to Gmail — People Who Care About Privacy Should Not Use Service Consumer Watchdog
How Canada’s cloud computing sector can leverage the Snowden Affair Comox Valley Echo
Former Internet Provider Gagged by National Security Letter Recounts How He Was Silenced for 6 Years Democracy Now!
The Beauty of Obama’s Clapper Appointment Ian Welsh

White House insists James Clapper will not lead NSA surveillance review Guardian.

http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2013/08/13/humanity-is-drowning-in-washingtons-criminality-paul-craig-roberts/

NSA

U.S. sets up intelligence surveillance technology review body Reuters.
This Independent Technical Review Group Brought to You By the Booz Allen Hamilton Director of National Intelligence™ Marcy Wheeler
Senate intelligence panel could seek to declassify documents; it just doesn’t McClatchy
Intelligence committee withheld key file before critical NSA vote, Amash claims Guardian
N.S.A. Leaks Make U.S. Cyberdefense Plan Unlikely New York Times

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-08-12/head-nsa-review-group-obama-appoints-same-person-who-apologized-lying-congress

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-08-12/we-are-legion-anonymous-presence-us-military