N.S.A. Gathers Data on Social Connections of U.S. Citizens
Found on New York Times on Saturday, 28 September 2013
Since 2010, the National Security Agency has been exploiting its huge collections of data to create sophisticated graphs of some Americans’ social connections that can identify their associates, their locations at certain times, their traveling companions and other personal information, according to newly disclosed documents and interviews with officials.
Almost everything about the agency’s operations is hidden, and the decision to revise the limits concerning Americans was made in secret, without review by the nation’s intelligence court or any public debate.
That's why the NSA needs to be taken apart by an independent commission; and all results need to be made public for everybody to read.