Whistleblower claims the NSA is storing recorded phone calls, not just metadata

  The NSA has been defending its domestic spying program by telling us the agency is simply collecting metadata on virtually every single phone call in order to look for patterns which might show a link to terrorism. Because the NSA is not actually listening in on, or recording, phone calls we have been assured our Constitutional rights are not being violated–so we are told.

  However a whistleblower has come forward and he is claiming that this is not actually true–the NSA is lying to the American people.

  First a little background on the whistleblower, William Binney:

William Binney is one of the highest-level whistleblowers to ever emerge from the NSA. He was a leading code-breaker against the Soviet Union during the Cold War but resigned soon after September 11, disgusted by Washington’s move towards mass surveillance.

  And here is part of what he had to say:

“At least 80% of fibre-optic cables globally go via the US”, Binney said. “This is no accident and allows the US to view all communication coming in. At least 80% of all audio calls, not just metadata, are recorded and stored in the US. The NSA lies about what it stores.”

  But William Binney did not stop there:

“The ultimate goal of the NSA is total population control”, Binney said, “but I’m a little optimistic with some recent Supreme Court decisions, such as law enforcement mostly now needing a warrant before searching a smartphone.”

  According to the article I linked to above William Binney resigned shortly after 9/11 because he did not like what was going on at that point, and it has only seemingly gotten worse since that time, but the question must be asked: does William Binney still have connections in the NSA after all this time or his he speculating?

  Who do you think has more credibility at this point? William Binney or the government which is still lying about targeting political opponents, lied about the attack in Benghazi, was trafficking weapons to Mexico, and lied about Americans being able to keep their insurance?