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Title: CIA-Connected Amazon Turns Over A Record Amount Of Data To U.S. Law Enforcement
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Blacklisted News/Activist Post
URL Source: https://www.blacklistednews.com/CIA ... rcement/62988/0/38/38/Y/M.html
Published: Jan 17, 2018
Author: Aaron Kesel
Post Date: 2018-01-17 08:07:06 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 5701
Comments: 42
Amazon’s fifth transparency report has revealed that the company provided more customer data to U.S. law enforcement in the first half of last year than in its history with a shocking 1,936 different requests between January and June 2017, ZDNet reported. Of those 1,936 requests, Amazon complied and replied to 1,200 subpoena requests, 189 search warrants and 76 other court orders – for a whopping 1,465 requests they responded to. That’s 42 percent of all subpoenas, 44 percent of search warrants and 52 percent of other court orders. That’s an incredible rise from the year prior where Amazon received: Amazon didn’t state why there was a spike in U.S. government requests during the first half of the year, but for a company that openly has a partnership with the CIA for $600 million for cloud servers, this information should be troubling. The oddest part of this data is the fact that Amazon stated they received no content removal orders. Which begs the question what merit were the cases based on if not illegal content? The company also refused to state whether they had received a national security letter (NSL) during this time period. Tech companies are barred from disclosing the number of NSLs they receive; however, under their First Amendment they are free to say if they received any at all. Amazon instead opted to say they had received between zero and 249 national security letters alluding that they had received a government request but they didn’t state whether they followed through with the request or not. On Amazon’s website, one of the reasons the company states it may hand over its customers’ data can be based merely on contact lists. Under certain circumstances, Amazon may request additional information from you to verify the identity of a contact in your address book. It is not clear how many U.S. government requests last year were due to attempting to receive more information on an Amazon address book. The transparency report also does not address whether authorities collected data via wiretapping Amazon’s speaker assistant Echo. It is worth noting that Amazon, provided recordings belonging to a suspect in a murder trial last year which proves the Echo is constantly listening and is not just activated by a keyword as the company states. Last year, the Internet watchdog rights organization Electronic Frontier Foundation gave Amazon a very low 2 stars in its “Who Has Your Back” ratings regarding how companies handle government data requests.
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#22. To: Deckard (#0)
This sounds like the government is on fishing expedit ions.
I am merely interested in why you are seeing....what you are seeing. I say....with that extremely low percentage ratio, it sounds to me like the government targeted exactly the right small number of individuals to get the specific information needed that may have saved American lives.
Why would they even need to request info on any of those customers in the first place? Because they want to set a precedent to override the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Amendments.
Amazon now carries a title of “the terrorist’s best friend” after selling all the parts required to build a deadly nail bomb — without proper security checks. A title I am sure that Amazon is not proud of.
When I just read your response, this is what came to my mind:
USA: Did Obama just admit to training ISIS!?
#42. To: Gatlin (#41)
Yep, images like those speak volumes where one cannot find the words to speak. But just remember that the US played a major role in these atrocities. And that in itself is makes this even more horrible to know as well as see.
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#27. To: goldilucky (#22)
This sounds like the government is on fishing expedit ions.
Why does it sound to you “like the government is on fishing expedit ions” when the government specifically requested information on ONLY 1,465 Amazon customers out of the 244,000,000 Amazon customer base?
#38. To: Gatlin (#27)
Why does it sound to you “like the government is on fishing expedit ions” when the government specifically requested information on ONLY 1,465 Amazon customers out of the 244,000,000 Amazon customer base?
#39. To: goldilucky (#38)
Why would they even need to request info on any of those customers in the first place?
The most simple and possibly the best reason is that all the ingredients, which could make an IED like the one that killed 22 people at the Manchester Arena, was purchased in a single order from Amazon....and that “they” would like to know when and who makes such a purchase in order to evaluate and possibly prevent another terrorist attack.
#40. To: Gatlin (#39)
#41. To: goldilucky (#40)
When I just read your response, this is what came to my mind:
This is what came to my mind when I made the post:
At least 115 killed.
20 killed – 50 wounded. 
56 killed – 177 injured. 
2 killed – 7 wounded. 
6 dead – 26 hurt. 
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