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Just how many people were spied on??
Internet companies are fighting to restore public trust. In the wake of the NSA spying scandal, corporations like Google, Yahoo, and Facebook wanted to release details on internet surveillance. Finally, after a six-month delay and a lengthy legal argument, these corporations have been permitted to release some information. According to Google, government officials requested information on more than 9,000 users in the first six months of 2013, and more than 12,000 users in the six months before that.
Facebook was forced to hand over information on more than 5,000 users in the first half of last year, and more than 4,000 in the last part of 2012. Microsoft received more than 15,000 requests for information in the first half of 2013, and Yahoo revealed that government officials requested information on more than 30,000 users during that same time period. While these numbers prove that government officials were not requesting detailed information on every user, they also prove that thousands of people are, in fact, being spied on.
We haven’t heard about 30,000 foiled terrorism attempts, or 9,000 links to terrorist cells. Many of the accounts being spied on were likely innocent Americans that simply have a friend or family member overseas. National Security officials will attempt to point to these numbers as proof of the limits placed on government surveillance, but there is no good reason why thousands of internet users should be spied on without a warrant.
-Thom
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 9pm... Who is behind the obesity epidemic? (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)
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PLUS, Who is behind the obesity epidemic?- Dr. Roberto De Vogli PhD, UC Davis Medical School.
Daily Take: The "gig" is up in Chattanooga...
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Monday's Daily Stack 
Hour One: Philip Seymour Hoffman didn't have to die...
The Big Picture- Nate Sweet, The Big Picture producer
Hour Two: Could a real progressive minimum wage fix happen soon?- Peter Schiff, The Peter Schiff Show 
Hour Three: KXL pipeline...what's missing from the State Dept. report?- Ryan Koronowski, Climate Progress
Article: " 5th Amendment" (double jeopardy, witness against self, due process, due compensation). Article: " 8th Amendment" (cruel and unusual punishment).
Quote: "Those who sign this Treaty will sign the death sentence of many millions of German men, women and children." John Maynard Keynes.
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Tuesday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
Hour One: Coke super bowl ad brings out the worst on the right?- Kevin Jackson, The Black Sphere
Hour Two: The "gig" is up in Chattanooga...
Hour Three: Shouldn't we treat sugar like tobacco and alcohol?- Mark Thornton, Ludwig Von Mises Institute
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Thom's Poll
Should we regulate sugar like we do alcohol and tobacco?
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Conversations with Great Minds P1 - Rep Keith Ellison - My Country 'Tis of Thee
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How the NFL is ripping us off
How Keystone XL pipeline speeds up climate change
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The Thom Hartmann Program - February 3, 2014
Philip Seymour Hoffman Didn't Have to Die...
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