NSA Taps In To User Data Of Facebook, Apple, Google And Others, Secret Files Reveal -- The Guardian
• Top secret PRISM program claims direct access to servers of firms including Google, Facebook and Apple
• Companies deny any knowledge of program in operation since 2007
The National Security Agency has obtained direct access to the systems of Google, Facebook, Apple and other US internet giants, according to a top secret document obtained by the Guardian.
The NSA access is part of a previously undisclosed program called PRISM, which allows officials to collect material including search history, the content of emails, file transfers and live chats, the document says.
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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS
US admits spying on foreigners through Google -- The Telegraph
US to declassify secret surveillance documents after uproar -- The Telegraph
Clapper: Leaks will cause 'irreversible harm' to national security -- The Hill
INTELLIGENCE CHIEF: WaPo And Guardian Reports On 'PRISM' Program Have 'Numerous Inaccuracies' -- Business Insider
OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: NSA phone sweep program roils Capitol Hill -- The Hill
Phone Records Shared With U.K. -- Eli Lake, Daily Beast
PRISM by the Numbers: A Guide to the Government’s Secret Internet Data-Mining Program -- Time
NATO expansion in Nordics would force Russian response: Medvedev -- Reuters
Russian Missile Forces to Hold 200 Drills in Next 6 Months -- RIA Novosti
Russia Tests New Ballistic Missile -- RIA Novosti
Russia, Ukraine to Hold Joint Naval Drills on June 19-25 -- RIA Novosti
Two New Russian Radars to Start Work Next Year -- RIA Novosti
Russia announces permanent Mediterranean naval presence -- Reuters
Israeli troops hit with social media ban -- Al Jazeera
Pentagon: Israel approved document that revealed details of missile base -- Miami Herald/McClatchy News
Chile to buy surplus U.S. armored amphibious vehicles -- UPI
Turkey Picks Saab To Mentor National Fighter Program -- Defense News
Japan approves national security council bills amid China tensions -- Reuters
Japan and France to Tighten Nuclear, Defense Ties -- AP
Japan and US to conduct major military exercise despite Beijing's objection -- South China Morning Post
South Asian Tactical Missiles Risk Dangerous Miscalculation, U.S. Intel Officer Says -- Global Security Newswire
F-35A completes 1st in-flight missile launch -- U.S. Air Force
Air Force: JSF Will Redefine Age Old Doctrine for Fighters -- Defense Tech
Panel OKs lawmaker's bill to cut number of military camouflage designs -- Stars and Stripes/Belleville (Ill.) News-Democrat
HASC Green-Lights East Coast Missile Shield -- Defense News
House committee refuses to put squeeze on personnel -- Stars and Stripes
GAO: Pentagon failing to track improper contractor payments -- The Hill
Idaho family 'greatly relieved' after receiving letter from POW -- FOX News/AP
Fears, misconceptions of PTSD fuel divide -- Stars and Stripes
U.S. Says Deadly MERS Virus Could Affect Nat’l Security -- CNS
ACLU Extends Deadline Again to Pentagon Plan for Women in Combat -- US News and World Report
Sexual assault is an "insider attack" on U.S. military: admiral -- Reuters
In Bales, Hasan cases: What’s the deal? -- Stars and Stripes
The Pentagon pivoting dance -- Pepe Escobar, RT
Refining the Obama Administration’s Drone Strike Narrative -- Micah Zenko, Council On Foreign Relations
Budget cuts chip away at military readiness -- Howard P. “Buck” McKeon, Washington Post
The 7 Deadly Sins of Defense Spending -- David Barno and Nora Bensahel, Foreign Policy
Why won't the Pentagon tell us who our enemies are? -- Doyle McManus, L.A. Times
How to meet the threat from China's army of cyber guerrillas -- Gary Schmitt, FOX News