"TOP SECRET AMERICA" by The Washington Post on PBS-FRONTLINE TOMORROW 1/18/11@9pm

Amazing Timing... Late afternoon today, Monday 1/17/11, I'm reading

through various RSS Feeds... One is a guy who has been documenting his

being stalked & harrassed since 2007 (fascinating story if you start

from the beginning):

http://groupstalkingbyindians.blogspot.com/p/my-story-read-first.html?m=1



His most recent post was 1/5/11

http://groupstalkingbyindians.blogspot.com/2011/01/monitoring-america-washington-post.html?m=1

which included the link to this below investigative series by The

Washington Post, "TOP SECRET AMERICA," which just so happens will air

on PBS.org's FRONTLINE program *TOMORROW* Tuesday 1/18/11 @ 9pm !



FRONTLINE: Are We Safer? - Video - PBS:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/are-we-safer/?utm_campaign=AreWeSafer&utm_medium=googleads&utm_source=Keyword

(...)

...explores the growing reach of homeland security, fusion centers,

battlefield technologies, AND DATA COLLECTING into the lives of

ordinary Americans.

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I only read two articles in the WaPo series so far, but these below

two quotes jumped out... they reminded me of the ongoing iPhone

"Mystery Data Usage" (& data harvesting) thread at the Apple Support

Forums:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2450738



(...)

"Every day, collection systems at the National Security Agency

INTERCEPT and store 1.7 billion e-mails, phone calls and other types

of communications. The NSA sorts a fraction of those into 70 separate

databases."

(...)

"Across the street, in the chocolate-brown blocks, is Carahsoft**, an

intelligence agency contractor specializing in mapping, speech

analysis and DATA HARVESTING."

(...)

Above two quotes from:



7/19/10: "A hidden world, growing beyond control" - washingtonpost.com:

http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/articles/a-hidden-world-growing-beyond-control/print/



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All of the above from an investigative series by The Washinton Post

entitled: "TOP SECRET AMERICA":

Homepage:

http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/



"A note on this project" - washingtonpost.com:

http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/articles/editors-note/



"Top Secret America" is a project nearly two years in the making that

describes the huge national security buildup in the United States

after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

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Within a responsible framework, our objective is to provide as much

information as possible, so readers gain a real, granular

understanding of the scale and breadth of the top-secret world we are

describing. We look forward to your feedback and can be reached at: topsecretamerica@washpost.com

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"TALK TO US: Want to contribute to this ongoing project?":

http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/tip/articles/editors-note/

(...)



(iPhone users may want to contribute to the WaPo's "Top Secret

America" project!!)



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More info you will find at the WaPo Top Secret America homepage:

http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/



PART 1: JULY 19, 2010



A hidden world, growing beyond control

July 19, 2010

http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/articles/a-hidden-world-growing-beyond-control/print/



Photo gallery: An alternative geography

July 18, 2010



DECEMBER 20, 2010



Monitoring America

Dec. 20, 2010

http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/articles/monitoring-america/print/



Photo gallery: Counterterrorism on Main Street

Dec. 20, 2010



PART 2: JULY 20, 2010



National Security Inc.

July 20, 2010

http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/articles/national-security-inc/



Photo gallery: The role of private contractors

July 20, 2010



Video: Help Wanted: Professionals with security clearances

July 20, 2010



PART 3: JULY 21, 2010



The secrets next door

July 21, 2010

http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/articles/secrets-next-door/



Photo gallery: In our back yards

July 20, 2010



REFERENCE



Types of top-secret work

July 19, 2010



Gallery: Anti-deception technologies

July 18, 2010



Methodology and credits

July 18, 2010



A note on this project

July 18, 2010



Frontline video

July 18, 2010



The Washington Post's press release

July 18, 2010



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LIVE Q&As



Q&A Transcript for Part 1 of Top Secret America (July 19)



Q&A Transcript for Part 2 of Top Secret America (July 20)



Q&A Transcript for Part 3 of Top Secret America (July 21)



Q&A Transcript for Part 4 of Top Secret America (December 20)



Your Take: Crime vs. Homeland Security (December 20)



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** "Carahsoft is the trusted government (IT) solutions provider"...

http://www.google.com/search?q=carahsoft&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari



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