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Unclassified Documents Show Obama Intel Agency Secretly Spied On Americans For Years

The National Security Agency under former President Barack Obama routinely violated

American privacy protections while scouring through overseas intercepts and failed to

disclose the extent of the problems until the final days before Donald Trump was elected

president last fall, according to once top-secret documents that chronicle some of the most

serious constitutional abuses to date by the U.S. intelligence community.

More than 5 percent, or one out of every 20 searches seeking upstream Internet data on

Americans inside the NSA�s so-called Section 702 database violated the safeguards Obama

and his intelligence chiefs vowed to follow in 2011, according to one classified internal

report reviewed by Circa.

The Obama administration self-disclosed the problems at a closed-door hearing Oct. 26

before the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court that set off alarm.

Trump was elected less than two weeks later.

The normally supportive court censured administration officials, saying the failure to disclose

the extent of the violations earlier amounted to an �institutional lack of candor� and

that the improper searches constituted a �very serious Fourth Amendment issue,� according

to a recently unsealed court document dated April 26, 2017.

The admitted violations undercut one of the primary defenses that the intelligence community

and Obama officials have used in recent weeks to justify their snooping into incidental

NSA intercepts about Americans.

Circa has reported that there was a three-fold increase in NSA data searches about Americans

and a rise in the unmasking of U.S. person�s identities in intelligence reports after Obama

loosened the privacy rules in 2011.

Officials like former National Security Adviser Susan Rice have argued their activities were

legal under the so-called minimization rule changes Obama made, and that the intelligence

agencies were strictly monitored to avoid abuses.

The intelligence court and the NSA�s own internal watchdog found that not to be true.

�Since 2011, NSA�s minimization procedures have prohibited use of U.S.-person identifiers

to query the results of upstream Internet collections under Section 702,� the unsealed

court ruling declared.

�The Oct. 26, 2016 notice informed the court that NSA analysts had been conducting such

queries inviolation of that prohibition, with much greater frequency than had been previously

disclosed to the Court.� Speaking Wednesday on Fox News, Sen. Rand

Paul (R-KY) said there was an apparent effort under the Obama Administration to increase

the number of unmaskings of Americans.

�If we determine this to be true, this is an enormous abuse of power,� Paul said.

�This will dwarf all other stories.�

�There are hundreds and hundreds of people,� Paul added.

The American Civil Liberties Union said the newly disclosed violations are some of the

most serious to ever be documented and strongly call into question the U.S. intelligence community�s

ability to police itself and safeguard American�s privacy as guaranteed by the Constitution�s

Fourth Amendment protections against unlawful search and seizure.

�I think what this emphasizes is the shocking lack of oversight of these programs,� said

Neema Singh Guliani, the ACLU�s legislative counsel in Washington.

�You have these problems going on for years that only come to the attention of the court

late in the game and then it takes additional years to change its practices.

�I think it does call into question all those defenses that we kept hearing, that

we always have a robust oversight structure and we have culture of adherence to privacy

standards,� she added.

�And the headline now is they actually haven�t been in compliacne for years and the FISA

court itself says in its opinion is that the NSA suffers from a culture of a lack of candor.�

The NSA acknowledged it self-disclosed the mass violations to the court last fall and

that in April it took the extraordinary step of suspending the type of searches that were

violating the rules, even deleting prior collected data on Americans to avoid any further violations.

�NSA will no longer collect certain internet communications that merely mention a foreign

intelligence target,� the agency said in the statement that was dated April 28 and

placed on its Web site without capturing much media or congressional attention.

In question is the collection of what is known as upstream �about data�about an American

that is collected even though they were not directly in contact with a foreigner that

the NSA was legally allowed to intercept.

The NSA said it doesn�t have the ability to stop collecting �about� information

on Americans, �without losing some other important data.

� It, however, said it would stop the practice to �reduce the chance that it would acquire

communication of U.S. persons or others who are not in direct contact with a foreign intelligence

target.�

The NSA said it also plans to �delete the vast majority of its upstream internet data

to further protect the privacy of U.S. person communications.�

Agency officials called the violations �inadvertent compliance lapses.� But the court and IG

documents suggest the NSA had not developed a technological way to comply with the rules

they had submitted to the court in 2011.

Officials �explained that NSA query compliance is largely maintained through a series of

manual checks� and had not �included the proper limiters� to prevent unlawful searches,

the NSA internal watchdog reported in a top secret report in January that was just declassified.

A new system is being developed now, officials said.

The NSA conducts thousand of searches a year on data involving Americans and the actual

numbers of violations were redacted from the documents Circa reviewed.

But a chart in the report showed there three types of violations, the most frequent being

5.2 percent of the time when NSA Section 702 upstream data on U.S. persons was searched.

The inspector general also found noncompliance between 0.7 percent and 1.4 percent of the

time involving NSA activities in which there was a court order to target an American for

spying but the rules were still not followed.

Those activities are known as Section 704 and Section 705 spying.

The IG report spared few words for the NSA�s efforts before the disclosure to ensure it

was complying with practices, some that date to rules issued in 2008 in the final days

of the Bush administration and others that Obama put into effect in 2011.

�We found that the Agency controls for monitoring query compliance have not been completely

developed,� the inspector general reported, citing problems ranging from missing requirements

for documentation to the failure to complete controls that would ensure �query compliance.�

The NSA�s Signal Intelligence Directorate, the nation�s main foreign surveillance arm,

wrote a letter back to the IG saying it agreed with the findings and that �corrective action

plans� are in the works.

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Trey Gowdy Is the Perfect Trump Stooge in House Russia Probe - Duration: 6:10.

Trey Gowdy Is the Perfect Trump Stooge in House Russia Probe.

Representative Trey Gowdy, Republican of South Carolina, has a very important job: preserving

the presidency of a man whose campaign featured individuals who had contacts with likely agents

of a foreign adversary that intelligence officials say interfered in the 2016 presidential election.

That interference favored the election of Donald J. Trump—or, at the very least, was

designed to damage his opponent, Hillary Clinton.

Gowdy's job of late has been getting tougher, what with The Washington Post's revelation

on May 22 that Trump had called Dan Coats, director of national intelligence, and Michael

Rogers, director of the National Security Agency, "urging them to publicly deny the

existence of any evidence of collusion during the 2016 election," according to the Post.

Then there's the Senate subpoena of documents from former National Security Adviser Michael

Flynn, who served as a Trump campaign surrogate, regarding his contacts with agents of foreign

governments (including Russia).

On Tuesday, Flynn's attorneys informed the Senate Intelligence Committee that the former

Trump flunky was refusing to provide the subpoenaed documents to the committee, invoking the Fifth

Amendment protection against self-incrimination.

On that very same day, John Brennan, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency,

appeared before the House Intelligence Committee, saying, as quoted in The New York Times, that

he "had unresolved questions in my mind as to whether or not the Russians had been

successful in getting U.S. persons involved in the campaign or not to work on their behalf."

Gowdy, a member of the committee, couldn't wait to pounce—especially on that "unresolved"

piece of things.

Willfully refusing to accept the fact that the CIA does not conduct criminal investigations,

Gowdy tried to paint the former spy chief as a partisan player by demanding "evidence"

of collusion between members of the Trump campaign and Russia, and insisting that Brennan

reveal, in a public session, information that Brennan said was classified: the names of

the Trump associates whose contacts with Russian figures the CIA had chronicled.

A perfect stooge for the quisling from Queens who is now the commander in chief, one has

to admire how compatible Gowdy's disregard for classified information is with that of

Trump.

Here's a brief excerpt of Gowdy's badgering, taken from a CNN transcript:

BRENNAN: I saw information and intelligence that was worthy of investigation by the Bureau

to determine whether or not such cooperation or conclusion [sic] was taking place.

GOWDY: That doesn't help us a lot.

What was the nature of the information?

BRENNAN: As I said, Mr. Gowdy, I think this committee now has access to the type of information

that I'm alluding to here.

It's classified and I'm happy to talk about it in classified session.

GOWDY: And that would've been directly between the candidate and Russian state actors?

BRENNAN: That's not what I said.

I'm not going to talk about any individuals ...

(CROSSTALK) GOWDY: But—but that was—but that was my question, and—and—and you

answered it.

You didn't answer it that way.

BRENNAN: I—no, I responded to your query.

I'm not going to respond to particular elements of your question because I think it would

be inappropriate for me to do so here.

GOWDY: So the answer...

(CROSSTALK)

BRENNAN: So I can only repeat what I said, which is that I was aware of intelligence

and information about contacts between Russian officials and U.S. persons that raised concerns

in my mind about whether or not those individuals were cooperating with the Russians, either

in a witting or unwitting fashion, and it served as the basis for the FBI investigation

to determine whether such collusion—cooperation occurred.

Later in the hearing, Representative Tom Rooney, Republican of Florida, asked Brennan, "Can

you tell us whether or not, from the information that you've looked at, it looks like the

intelligence shows that Moscow was actually rooting for Donald Trump or were they rooting

against Hillary Clinton?"

"I think my assessment was [that] it was both," Brennan replied.

The same could be said for Trey Gowdy, who famously tried to tarnish the reputation of

Clinton with an "investigation" of the 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi,

Libya, which took place during her tenure as secretary of state.

Gowdy's tribunal is estimated to have cost taxpayers as much as $7 million, only to come

up empty of evidence that Clinton was either negligent or complicit in the attack by anti-government

terrorists.

The investigation was undertaken as Clinton was preparing for her presidential run.

There's an old saying attributed to W.C.

Fields: "If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit."

That's why Gowdy is trying to make it look as though the former CIA director's refusal

to say he saw actual collusion—which is not his determination to make—amounts to

proof that none took place.

Oh, I know you're not baffled by Gowdy's cow-pies, but his show isn't intended for

you.

It's for Trump's electoral base, the frothing-at-the-mouth types who show up at his rallies.

To maintain their majority in the House of Representatives, the Republicans must prod

those people to the polls in the 2018 midterm elections.

Should that majority slip from their hands, it's likely only a matter of time before

articles of impeachment are drawn up by the Democrats.

And that's why he badgered Brennan: It's a wink to the base that implies Brennan is

some kind of partisan hack, for the simple reason that he was appointed to his post at

the top of the spy agency by the despised Barack Obama, the man Trump falsely claimed

had usurped the presidency.

In the ruthlessly gerrymandered districts of states run by Republicans, running against

the first African American president—even one no longer in office—is a pretty strategic

plan.

Even brilliant, perhaps.

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Yet Another Cannabis Study Validates This Amazing Plant: It Prevents Brain Aging

Memory performance decreases with increasing age.

Cannabis can reverse these aging processes in the brain.

Low doses of the active ingredient in cannabis, THC, has the opposite effect on the elderly,

reversing brain aging and restoring learning and memory.

This was shown in mice by scientists at the University of Bonn with their colleagues at

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel).

Old animals were able to regress to the state of two-month-old mice with a prolonged low-dose

treatment with a cannabis active ingredient.

This opens up new options, for instance, when it comes to treating dementia.

The results are now presented in the journal Nature Medicine.

Like any other organ, our brain ages.

As a result, cognitive ability also decreases with increasing age

This can be noticed, for instance, in that it becomes more difficult to learn new things

or devote attention to several things at the same time.

This process is normal, but can also promote dementia.

Researchers have long been looking for ways to slow down or even reverse this process.

Scientists at the University of Bonn and The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel) have

now achieved this in mice.

These animals have a relatively short life expectancy in nature and display pronounced

cognitive deficits even at twelve months of age.

The researchers administered a small quantity of THC, the active ingredient in the hemp

plant (cannabis), to mice aged two, twelve and 18 months over a period of four weeks.

Afterwards, they tested learning capacity and memory performance in the animals - including,

for instance, orientation skills and the recognition of other mice.

Mice who were only given a placebo displayed natural age-dependent learning and memory

losses.

In contrast, the cognitive functions of the animals treated with cannabis were just as

good as the two-month-old control animals.

"The treatment completely reversed the loss of performance in the old animals," reported

Prof. Andreas Zimmer from the Institute of Molecular Psychiatry at the University of

Bonn and member of the Cluster of Excellence ImmunoSensation.

Years of meticulous research

This treatment success is the result of years of meticulous research.

First of all, the scientists discovered that the brain ages much faster when mice do not

possess any functional receptors for THC.

These cannabinoid 1 (CB1) receptors are proteins to which the substances dock and thus trigger

a signal chain.

CB1 is also the reason for the intoxicating effect of THC in cannabis products, such as

hashish or marihuana, which accumulate at the receptor.

THC imitates the effect of cannabinoids produced naturally in the body, which fulfil important

functions in the brain.

"With increasing age, the quantity of the cannabinoids naturally formed in the brain

reduces," says Prof. Zimmer.

"When the activity of the cannabinoid system declines, we find rapid aging in the brain."

To discover precisely what effect the THC treatment has in old mice, the researchers

examined the brain tissue and gene activity of the treated mice.

The findings were surprising: the molecular signature no longer corresponded to that of

old animals, but was instead very similar to that of young animals.

The number of links between the nerve cells in the brain also increased again, which is

an important prerequisite for learning ability.

"It looked as though the THC treatment turned back the molecular clock," says Zimmer.

Next step: clinical trial on humans

A low dose of the administered THC was chosen so that there was no intoxicating effect in

the mice.

Cannabis products are already permitted as medications, for instance as pain relief.

As a next step, the researchers want to conduct a clinical trial to investigate whether THC

also reverses aging processes in the brain in humans and can increase cognitive ability.

The North Rhine-Westphalia science minister Svenja Schulze appeared thrilled by the study:

"The promotion of knowledge-led research is indispensable, as it is the breeding ground

for all matters relating to application.

Although there is a long path from mice to humans, I feel extremely positive about the

prospect that THC could be used to treat dementia, for instance."

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At least 28 dead after militants attack Coptic Christians, including children, in Egypt NEWS DAY - Duration: 6:15.

At least 28 dead after militants attack Coptic Christians, including children, in Egypt

CAIRO — Masked militants riding in three SUVs opened fire Friday on a bus packed with Coptic Christians, including children, south of the Egyptian capital, killing at least 28 people and wounding 22, the Interior Ministry said.

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, the fourth to target Christians since December, but it bore the hallmarks of ISIL. The attack came on the eve of the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Islamic militants have for years been waging an insurgency mostly centred in the restive northern part of Egypts Sinai Peninsula, although a growing number of attacks have recently also taken place on the mainland.

The assault happened while the bus was travelling on a side road in the desert leading to the remote monastery of Saint Samuel the Confessor in Maghagha, in Minya governorate, about 220 kilometres south of Cairo.

Security officials quoted witnesses as saying they saw between eight and 10 attackers, dressed in military uniforms and wearing masks. The victims were en route from the nearby province of Beni Suef to visit the monastery.

Security and medical officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to reporters, said the death toll stood at 28 but feared it could rise further.

According to Copts United news portal, only three children survived the attack. It was not immediately known how many of the victims were children.

Arab TV stations showed images of a badly damaged bus along a roadside, many of its windows shattered and with numerous bullet holes. Footage of the buss interior showed blood stains on the seats and shattered glass.

Ambulances are seen parked around the bus and bodies are lying on the ground, covered with black plastic sheets.

The surge in attacks targeting Christians in Egypt has added to the challenges facing President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissis government as it struggles to contain the insurgency while pushing ahead with an ambitious and politically sensitive reform program to revive the countrys ailing economy that already has sent the cost of food and services soaring.

There was no immediate response from the government to Fridays attack, but it is likely to heighten security around churches, monasteries, schools and annual pilgrimages to remote Christian sites across the country.

On Wednesday, Egypt blocked access to nearly two dozen websites it said were sympathetic to militants or spreading their ideology.

The growing number of these terror attacks is not at all reassuring, Fr. Rafic Greiche, the spokesman for the Egyptian Catholic church, told a local television station.

El-Sissi called for a meeting with top aides to discuss Fridays attack. Last month, he declared a three-month state of emergency following twin suicide bombings that struck two churches north of Cairo on Palm Sunday.

In December, a suicide bomber targeted a Cairo church. The attacks left at least 75 dead and scores wounded and were claimed by IS, which later vowed more attacks against Christians.

Late last month, Pope Francis visited Egypt, in part to show his support for Christians in this Muslim majority Arab nation following the December and April attacks.

During the trip, Francis paid tribute to the victims of the December bombing in Cairos St. Peters church, located in close proximity to Cairos St.

Marks cathedral, the seat of the Coptic Orthodox Church. He visited the church, where he joined in prayers the spiritual leader of Egypts Orthodox Christians, Pope Tawadros II, and leaders of other Christian churches in Egypt.

Following the popes visit, IS vowed to escalate attacks against Christians, urging Muslims to steer clear of Christian gatherings and Western embassies, saying they are targets for the groups followers.

Egypts Copts, the Middle Easts largest Christian community, have long complained of discrimination, as well as outright attacks, at the hands of the countrys majority Muslim population. They account for about 10 per cent of Egypts 93 million people.

They rallied behind el-Sissi, a general-turned-president, when he in 2013 ousted his Islamist predecessor Mohammed Morsi, who hails from the Muslim Brotherhood group. Attacks on Christian homes, businesses and churches subsequently surged, especially in the countrys south, the heartland of Egypts Christians.

Associated Press Writer Maamoun Youssef in Cairo contributed to this report.

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