{"id":5959,"date":"2013-07-31T21:30:28","date_gmt":"2013-08-01T01:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=5959"},"modified":"2013-07-31T21:30:28","modified_gmt":"2013-08-01T01:30:28","slug":"new-terrorist-suspectdefinition-someone-searching-the-web-for-suspicious-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/31\/new-terrorist-suspectdefinition-someone-searching-the-web-for-suspicious-stuff\/","title":{"rendered":"New Terrorist Suspect Definition: &#8220;Someone searching the web for suspicious stuff&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Guardian&#8217;s scoop today on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/interactive\/2013\/jul\/31\/nsa-xkeyscore-program-full-presentation\">National Security Agency&#8217;s XKeyscore<\/a> included documents that showed the &#8220;standards&#8221; that NSA employees can use to target Americans and others to vacuum up their email and all their Internet-related information.   <\/p>\n<p>Page 14 of the documents reveals one of the new definitions of terrorist suspect: &#8220;<strong>someone searching the web for suspicious stuff<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So, if you ever did a Google search to find this blog, you&#8217;re out of luck privacy-wise. <\/p>\n<p>Or if you ever did a search combining the terms &#8220;Obama&#8221; and &#8220;shameless hokum&#8221; &#8211; well&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Guardian&#8217;s scoop today on the National Security Agency&#8217;s XKeyscore included documents that showed the &#8220;standards&#8221; that NSA employees can use to target Americans and others to vacuum up their email and all their Internet-related information. 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