Two Senate Democrats say that the CIA has, in secret, been filling a data
repository with people's information, including the American people.
And that leaves me wondering who I can trust.
You expect this sort of thing from like Facebook and Google, but the CIA too,
okay CIA.
Anyway, here's what they say.
They say that they've allegedly secretly conducted a bulk data collection program
entirely outside the statutory framework that Congress and
the public believe govern this collection.
And without any of the judicial, congressional, or even executive branch
oversight that comes from Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act collection.
So that letter comes after a report that have
been shared with the Intelligence Committee with some
of the information that they're now asking for follow ups on.
That report was called Deep Dive II following up with Jordan Neil's Program,
of course.
As part of a set of studies by a watchdog board scrutinizing intelligence collect
community operations under Executive Order 12333, rules for
intelligence activities that Congress has left unregulated by statute.
And so one of the reasons I think that they are asking for
more information is that back in 2015, Congress banned bulk
collection of telecommunications metadata under the Patriot Act.
Only took him 14 years.
And limited other types of bulk collection by the FBI, under laws governing domestic
activities like the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, FISA.
Yet the CIA has secretly conducted its own bulk program under Executive Order 12333,
according to the senators.
Now we've gotten a response from an anonymous intelligence official who told
Axios that they are not data collection platforms.
They are repositories of data and
analytical tools to go through that data.
>> That's what it is.
>> That's what a repository is.
>> But it's not a data collection platform though.
>> But that's what collection is, it's a repository.
>> It's a data and a way to go through it.
>> And then you go back to it and
you can analyze it anytime you want cuz you already took everybody's information.
That's exactly what data collection is.
>> You're such a cynic, listen to the man.
Okay, they also say that the CIA is focused on foreign intelligence.
And while there's an impression that Americans' data is being swept up,
anything that concerns them is actually incidental.
>> Well that makes me feel much better.
>> There's an impression.
This isn't hype building for the next Marvel flick.
Did you do it or didn't you?
This isn't about impressions, this is about you breaking the law.
And that seems to indicate without saying explicitly that yes they've totally done
that and we would really like if these senators would not ask any more questions.
>> That big brother esque language is amazing.
No, this is not water, it is H20.
>> [LAUGH] >> Wait what?
Okay, so all right guys, if you're in the right wing you know how you were so
worried about the deep state, this is the deep state.
It's literally called Deep Dive II.
I mean they would have called the Deep Dive I,
as John pointed out, except for they're like John Neil is gotta
show on the TYT Network at twitch.tv/tyt called Deep Dive.
Okay let's call it Deep Dive II, all right?
>> Or we get sued.
>> Right, exactly.
And deep states worried to death about getting sued by John Neil.
So, [LAUGH] although they slightly should be.
So right wing, big government, tyrannical government spying in on you and
taking away your freedom and your privacy, this is it.
So can you please join us progressives in saying this is totally unacceptable?
We're collecting all the information about you.
But don't worry, it's just incidental and
we're just leaving it somewhere to analyze in case you cause any trouble.
That makes me feel so much better.
>> Yeah, you know why the right wing doesn't care about that?
Is because it never comes back to bite them.
I mean the reason that the intelligence community has this capability and
has been doing this for many years, as long as technology has allowed.
I mean people just need to go back and look at the FBI and
how they treated black activists during the civil rights movement.
How they're treating Black Lives Matter today versus how they're treating right
wing groups.
This is a part of the fabric of the intelligence community and the CIA.
I mean look, they made sure that they shared up their bona
fides when they were toppling governments in South America.
They have a lot of muscle memory with clandestine activity.
And it only makes sense for
them to use those tactics once again on the American people.
It's interesting to me how people continue to be surprised by the CIA and
the FBI doing these kinds of things when there was
enough historical literacy in this country.
And if the history that was being taught was accurate and
wasn't in most states in the country.
There's a lot of right wingers trying to erase that history and
pretending like, America is just this beautiful city on the hill,
when that's not of course the reality.
And over the past of the 20th century, and the 21st century,
the CIA and the FBI have done horrible, murderous things with their power.
And of course they're using their capabilities in order to spy,
well, Americans.
And the reason for a lot of this is because they wanna weed
out left wing activity that might threaten their power.
And that's a huge part of of why the intelligence community has these
capabilities and their secretive about it because they know it's extra legal.
>> Yeah, the right wing being assertive of this state was
always hilarious because show me anytime that anything related to the so
called deep state in America has been left wing.
[LAUGH] I mean, that's an absurd, absurd.
Come on, if you're right wing you don't even believe that.
You think when we killed all those left wing leaders in Latin America,
it was from a liberal deep state?
Now, when we did a coup in Central America to help a banana company,
a corporation, you think that was a left wing plot?
Nobody believes that, come on.
>> It's a vegan conspiracy is what it was.
>> Yeah, huge vegan conspiracy, okay?
Especially back then.
But listen, >> They had to secure the bananas.
They had to secure the bananas.
>> Yeah, and on behalf of the American people of course, and.
>> Famous vegan American public that hates meat.
>> That's right, that's right.
It just has any right winger, okay?
But you guys are right, all they have to do is actually, for
one time it's a deep state just spied in on one right winger and
then it made it public, that would end the entire program, okay?
That would do more to help out this program and
ended than even Edward Snowden.
But just like, I don't know, just leak something about Brian Kilmeade.
We've been listening to his phone calls and here's what Brian said and
it's outrageous, right?
Sorry Brian, just bring it, it doesn't matter.
Just make any right wing host.
>> No, make it him specifically, Brian Kilmeade.
>> Well, tucker Carlson has claimed that he's being monitored by the NSA.
And he made that public and nothing came of that.
Interesting that the right wing cares about the deep state if
it's about them, right?
They care in order to further their own like anti authoritarian branding,
which is completely false.
But the reality is that right wingers kind of implicitly understand these powers
are not gonna be used evenly against us, so it's better that they exist.
>> Yeah, and by the way, of course Tucker was making that up and
it's not us who is saying that it's the rest of Fox News.
They asked the rest of the Fox News broadcasters and hosts, why are you not
covering this massive story of the NSA spying in on the top rated Fox News host?
And they're like, yeah we're looking into it.
>> It's ridiculous that he can just make a full week of media attention about
himself, making him the victim in this and nothing comes of it.
There was never any evidence and it has not hurt him in any way.
>> Yes, so that's why when you tap into Brian's phones,
you have to make it real, okay?
[LAUGH] >> [LAUGH]
>> By the way they were
already tapping into his phone, they're tapping into all of our phones.
All they have to do is go to that repository where they have the non
collected information and analyze it.
And then they get guys one last thing about this.
Even if they don't use the information in our private calls against us,
whether we're left or right wing or center, right?
It's still in our heads and so by definition it takes away our freedom and
our privacy.
Because when I make an international call now, I assume the phone is tapped and so
I watch what I say.
And I can't share things with friends and family cuz I think I don't want it in
a repository somewhere that we know definitely, definitely exists.
And if somebody wants one day they go back and
they go, did you hear what Cenk said about his sister?
I didn't say anything about my sister, Obla, I love you.
>> No. Okay?
[LAUGH] Seriously guys, you see my point?
And it already hurts what we're supposed to be a free country just because
it's in our heads.
And it's true they are collecting that information and
it's absolutely outrageous.
Putting all the kidding and the charges aside, it's a perfect opportunity for
the left wing and right wing to unite to ask the establishment to stop it and
actually be a free country.