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(WMR)WMR has learned from a knowlegable National Security Agency (NSA) source that agency employees are using various NSA data mining and surveillance systems, including PRISM meta-data and phone call transcripts, to snoop on their wives and ex-spouses. In addition, some NSA employees have offered to sell such information to individuals outside of NSA who want the goods on their wives and ex-spouses.
In one case, NSA surveillance data was used to track down the contact information and location data for an NSA officials daughter. A Maryland court-issued restraining order prevented the NSA official from having any contact with his daughter.
The trafficking in NSA surveillance data for personal use and gain is known to NSA officials but they have made no move to curtail the abuses, according to our sources. In fact, wives and ex-spouses who have complained to NSA about problems resulting from the release of their personal data have been met with harassment from NSAs internal security force, known as the Q Group.
In one case, the husband of an ex-wife of an NSA official experienced credit problems after his personal data was obtained by the NSA official who used it to create credit problems for the harassment target.
http://www.intrepidreport.com/archives/9878
dixiegrrrrl
(60,011 posts)It makes perefect sense that people would mis-use snooping tools for their own gain.
That is human nature.
Multiply this story by the hundreds of international,national, state snoop agencies, tho..........
siligut
(12,272 posts)They have their people in these agencies and call upon them to use the resources for group purposes.
JoeyT
(6,785 posts)I'd be completely floored if that weren't the case.
Deny and Shred
(1,061 posts)Humans with access to the dirt who know they are shielded can't help themselves. It's all behind National Security, so it won't be prosecuted and won't stop. This will morph into insider trading, selling corporate secrets & political dirt, hush money for found dirt, etc. Access to surveillance will be all-important going forward.
What are the names of the NSA guys running the surveillance apparatus? Exactly.