Report: NSA Tracked Porn-Watching Activity To Discredit Muslim 'Radicalizers'
An NSA document dated Oct. 3, 2012, provided to the Huffington Post by former security contractor Edward Snowden, identified six targets as Muslims and described them as "exemplars” of how “personal vulnerabilities” can be exploited through surveillance to harm the targets' reputations.
Wow! But if that's not scary enough, how about this?
The NSA did not accuse any of the six targets identified in the document of involvement in terror plots, according to the Huffington Post. One target was identified as a "U.S. person," who may either be a U.S. citizen or a permanent resident.
That's right, Bunky, a U.S. person. Maybe. And furthermore:
"Without discussing specific individuals, it should not be surprising that the US Government uses all of the lawful tools at our disposal to impede the efforts of valid terrorist targets who seek to harm the nation and radicalize others to violence," Director of Public Affairs Shawn Turner wrote in an email.
Never mind that, if this had been a right-wing evangelist bible-thumper caught with his pants down in a brothel, the Huffington Post would be the first to chortle. But this is different. NSA! NSA! NSA!
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