To compare mail dragnet w/phone dragnet, you'd have to consider TIII, Hemisphere, NSLs, 215, EO12333 together. https://www.emptywheel.net/2014/10/28/going-postal-and-digital-and-financial-the-dragnet-elephant/ …
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@emptywheel Mail dragnet came under original Prez as CinC authorizing mass dragnet domestic surveillance prgm b4 legalliezing kabuki dance.1 reply 3 retweets 1 like -
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@emptywheel Prez signed President's Surveillance Program (PSP) 4Oct01. STELLARWIND=central NSA umbrella portion of PSP. Other programs too.1 reply 5 retweets 1 like -
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@Thomas_Drake1 Yes. Something I like to point out when I remember. Just hate term PSP. Think it's contrived.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@emptywheel TSP=cover. Domestic warrantless mass dragnet prgm simply called "The Program" at NSA. Those in the know knew it as STELLARWIND.2 replies 7 retweets 3 likes -
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@Thomas_Drake1 Yes, and I assume PSP is cover too. DOD IG not even included among agencies doing IG Reports.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@emptywheel And remember that classification compartment of STELLARWIND et al was beyond TS-SCI. Other OTR categories exist especially ECI.2 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
@Thomas_Drake1 One interesting detail of Yahoo suit is they were docket "G," w/only MSFT ahead on Internet side. So 3 telecoms and...?
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