Snowden: Microsoft passed NSA data Skype
The U.S. intelligence agencies for three years had access to voice and video calls in the global Internet telephony Skype. This is stated in a recent publication of leaks, the disclosure is in Moscow Edward Snouenom. In the publication, he points out how Microsoft buying Skype after the United States helped the NSA in the implementation of its program of Prism. publication today publishes details on their pages newspaper The Guardian. Microsoft itself refutes such data and states that did not pass customer data without a formal request, and the U.S. Court of sanctions. According to research firm Telegeography, now about 30% of the calls - are international calls that are made outside the United States, but are routed inside the United States. "We We have clear principles that guide us in the preparation of the requirements of the government to provide information about their clients, - the representative of the corporation. - We provide such information only in response to court rulings, the first verdicts of our specialists check for compliance with all legal norms and requirements, only then we will decide whether to provide information to law enforcement or denied.
" The company also recalled that on June 15 Microsoft disclosed the requests received from U.S. intelligence. In the second half of 2012, it has received from 6-7 thousands of such requests are dealt with 31-32 thousand people. "We specifically have published data on the number of such requests by the security services that were not previously subject to disclosure, it was clear that Microsoft does not provide the government agencies direct access to the codes SkyDrive, Outlook, Skype or other products ", - stressed in the company. Snowden Today, in an interview with the Brazilian newspaper Globu reported that a number of major countries in Latin America have appeared in the last five years, "a target" of U.S. intelligence, that seek to "cover the continent cap wiretapping." In addition to Brazil, which was posted earlier, even the American station interception of satellite communications, the CIA and the National Security Agency of the United States showing the most intense interest in Venezuela, Colombia and Mexico.
To do this, take control over e-mail servers, web traffic and phone calls. So, with the help of a special computer program PRISM U.S. intelligence gathering on services Facebook, Google, Microsoft and YouTube "information relating to the oil industry of Venezuela, Caracas procurement of weapons, everything related to energy and drug trafficking in Mexico, information about levoekstremistskoy armed organization" Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. " Brazil has officially demanded an explanation from the United States in connection with the revelatory article in the newspaper "Globo". Brazilian head of state Dilma Rousseff said that the South American Republic will address in the wake of spy scandal to the Commission on Human Rights. Rousseff also expressed its the adoption by the Parliament of changes in Brazilian legislation regulating the use of the Internet.
"We believe that we should pay attention to this issue, as the order of data storage, because very often they are stored outside of Brazil, and we want to provide that data Brazilians necessarily stored in Brazil" - said the president. Today ITAR-TASS reports that human rights activists are planning a meeting with Snowden at Sheremetyevo. Head of Moscow Representative Amnesty International Sergei Nikitin confirmed that he had received an invitation to meet with a former CIA officer. "I have received an invitation and I plan on it to go "- said Nikitin, ITAR-TASS reported. He did not specify the details, as it believes that this information should be kept confidential. Spokesman airport Anna Zakharenkova reported that the administration of Sheremetyevo Airport is preparing a meeting.
"We do not engage in accreditation and invitations to meeting, but we will be helping with the passage of human rights activists, who were invited to the meeting, as well as provide a platform for the airport, "- said Zakharenkova. According to her, the meeting will take place in Terminal F at approximately 17:00 MSK. Former employee CIA Edward Snowden, having lost U.S. citizenship may ask for political asylum in Russia. This turn does not exclude those who have been invited to the meeting.
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