The National Security Agency routinely shares raw intelligence data with Israel without first sifting it to remove information about US citizens, a top-secret document provided to the Guardian by whistleblower Edward Snowden reveals.
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The disclosure that the NSA agreed to provide raw intelligence data to a foreign country contrasts with assurances from the Obama administration that there are rigorous safeguards to protect the privacy of US citizens caught in the dragnet. The intelligence community calls this process "minimization", but the memorandum makes clear that the information shared with the Israelis would be in its pre-minimized state.

The deal was reached in principle in March 2009, according to the undated memorandum, which lays out the ground rules for the intelligence sharing. The five-page memorandum, termed an agreement between the US and Israeli intelligence agencies "pertaining to the protection of US persons", repeatedly stresses the constitutional rights of Americans to privacy and the need for Israeli intelligence staff to respect these rights.

But this is undermined by the disclosure that Israel is allowed to receive "raw Sigint" – signal intelligence. The memorandum says: "Raw Sigint includes, but is not limited to, unevaluated and unminimized transcripts, gists, facsimiles, telex, voice and Digital Network Intelligence metadata and content." According to the agreement, the intelligence being shared would not be filtered in advance by NSA analysts to remove US communications. "NSA routinely sends ISNU [the Israeli Sigint National Unit] minimized and unminimized raw collection", it says.

Although the memorandum is explicit in saying the material had to be handled in accordance with US law, and that the Israelis agreed not to deliberately target Americans identified in the data, these rules are not backed up by legal obligations. "This agreement is not intended to create any legally enforceable rights and shall not be construed to be either an international agreement or a legally binding instrument according to international law," the document says.

In a statement to the Guardian, an NSA spokesperson did not deny that personal data about Americans was included in raw intelligence data shared with the Israelis.
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Notably, a much stricter rule was set for US government communications found in the raw intelligence. The Israelis were required to "destroy upon recognition" any communication "that is either to or from an official of the US government". Such communications included those of "officials of the executive branch (including the White House, cabinet departments, and independent agencies), the US House of Representatives and Senate (member and staff) and the US federal court system (including, but not limited to, the supreme court)".

It is not clear whether any communications involving members of US Congress or the federal courts have been included in the raw data provided by the NSA, nor is it clear how or why the NSA would be in possession of such communications. In 2009, however, the New York Times reported on "the agency's attempt to wiretap a member of Congress, without court approval, on an overseas trip".
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That is not kosher

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Interesting.   ARFCOM's totalitarian state boot lickers told me the content is not captured.

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The fucking NSA is out of control. It needs to be shut the fuck down. For example, how many Boston Bombers did the NSA catch before they bombed the shit out of the Marathon in Boston?

Fuck the NSA

FBHO

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Is anyone actually surprised by the depths at which the government violates the constitution?

And they tell us the terrorists are the threat?

TXL

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ISRAEL

IT IS SPELLED ISRAEL

JESUS FUCKING CHRIST WHY CANT PEOPLE SPELL ISRAEL????

Notably, a much stricter rule was set for US government communications found in the raw intelligence. The Israelis were required to "destroy upon recognition" any communication "that is either to or from an official of the US government". Such communications included those of "officials of the executive branch (including the White House, cabinet departments, and independent agencies), the US House of Representatives and Senate (member and staff) and the US federal court system (including, but not limited to, the supreme court)".

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ARFCOM members will be getting unsolicited calls from female IMF hotties now that Israel has all our personal data.

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ISRAEL



IT IS SPELLED ISRAEL



JESUS FUCKING CHRIST WHY CANT PEOPLE SPELL ISRAEL????

In another top-secret document seen by the Guardian, dated 2008, a senior NSA official points out that Israel aggressively spies on the US. "On the one hand, the Israelis are extraordinarily good Sigint partners for us, but on the other, they target us to learn our positions on Middle East problems," the official says. "A NIE [National Intelligence Estimate] ranked them as the third most aggressive intelligence service against the US."

Later in the document, the official is quoted as saying: "One of NSA's biggest threats is actually from friendly intelligence services, like Israel. There are parameters on what NSA shares with them, but the exchange is so robust, we sometimes share more than we intended."

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I believe such MOUs would be standard for ANY nation with whom we conduct tactical level bilateral, overseas SIGINT collection.  

If we partner with the Brits to target a Taliban commander's communications in Afghanistan, we cannot know in advance whether he will call someone who turns out to be a "US Person."  We can assume that if it is discovered that the person with whom the Taliban commander was speaking turns out to be a US Person or a UK Subject, that we have agreements in place to protect the identities of that individual.  US Law requires this.

Note that the agreement with Israel specified direct communication with the target, not any "hops."  This document is not about giving them access to any US databases (I can't imagine how that would be possible).

At least that's my interpretation of the document.  Did I read that correctly?

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each group that has data can use it nefariously, sell it, give it away or have it stolen by other groups who can exploit it, leave it open or have it stolen .. Again and again..



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Is anyone actually surprised by the depths at which the government violates the constitution?

And they tell us the terrorists are the threat?

TXL

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ARFCOM members will be getting unsolicited calls from female IMF hotties now that Israel has all our personal data.