Don't believe this

If this power was acquired, it was not supposed to be given away just like that.

Even if the act expires, they will continue the surveillance 


http://edition.cnn.com/2015/05/30/politics/what-happens-if-the-patriot-act-provisions-expire/index.html

What defense work does Facebook do ?

Ashton Carter with face book COO Sheryl Sandberg

http://www.defense.gov/photoessays/photoessayss.aspx?id=6312

The US/UK spy agencies’ phone-hacking scandal

US and British spy agencies successfully hacked the world’s largest SIM card manufacturer. The hack allowed the spy agencies to potentially monitor the calls, texts, and emails of billions of mobile users around the world. They essentially stole the encryption keys used to protect the privacy of mobile communication, which essentially allowed the spy agencies to sidestep the need to for a warrant or a wiretap. Erin weighs in.

Then, Edward sits down with Jim Rickards – chief global strategist at West Shore Funds and author of “The Death of Money.” Jim tells us why the US dollar is so strong and gives us his take on Fed Chair Janet Yellen’s comments on the Fed’s policy decisions being data dependent.

After the break, Boom Bust producer Bianca Facchinei takes a look at a new report on lifetime earnings by the New York Federal Reserve and what it means for millennials – most of which are already saddled with student loan debt. Afterwards, Boom Bust producer Melissa Kolpak reports on the app economy and gives us her take on the most helpful apps.

And in The Big Deal, Erin and Edward are talking about the latest in tech including Apple Pay and a possible Apple car. Take a look!

China's Top Spy Chief Held for Corruption

Corruption = Achilles heel of China

China's top spy Chief, Ma Jian, has been detained for alleged corruption as part of President Xi Jinping's widening crackdown on graft, a media report said today.Besides Ma, several of his close relatives were under the scanner, Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported.

Confirmation of Ma's detention is sure to cause a stir in the international intelligence community where he is well- known, the report said.

His detention virtually covers almost all the branches of the Chinese government where hundreds of officials have been held for corruption in the massive anti-graft campaign initiated by Xi to improve the credibility of the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC).Ma's removal makes him the highest-ranking national security official to be investigated since the downfall of Zhou Yongkang, the country's former security czar, and signals a likely wave of high-level changes at the key intelligence agency, the report added.

It is not clear what triggered the probe, but it is believed to be linked to a high-profile anti-graft probe into the activities at the top of Founder Group, a Peking University-owned technology conglomerate.
Ma, the executive deputy minister of the omnipotent Ministry of State Security and who sources say was in charge of the mainland's massive counter-espionage operations, is believed to be close to Founder chief executive Li You who allegedly financed hugely profitable securities trades carried out by one of Ma's relatives.

Li has been involved in a high-profile spat with Beijing Zenith, a property developer with a mysterious background, but which is also the second-biggest shareholder in the conglomerate's Founder Securities unit.Beijing Zenith publicly accused Founder executives of insider trading and misappropriating company assets to the tune of several billion yuan.Group chairman Wei Xin, CEO Li and president Yu Li were taken away to "assist the authorities with their investigations", Founder said last week.

Ma is also closely linked to Ling Jihua, the one-time chief of staff to former president Hu Jintao who retired in 2013.Li had paid large bribes to Ling's family, including hiswife and his son, who died in a Ferrari crash in March 2012, Post quoted sources as saying.They said the investigation into Ma could also be tied to the one into Ling and his family.There is little public information about Ma except that he worked at the spy agency for more than 30 years.In 2006, he was reportedly promoted to a deputy minister of counter-intelligence operations, making him one of the mainland China's most powerful officials.

At one time, he was seen as a strong candidate to head the ministry.Over the years, speculation has been rife about rogue spy agents engaged in illicit business deals and extortion rackets.
There have also been claims that rogue agents played a part in political power struggles, illegally wiretapping mainland leaders at the behest of various factions.In January last year, Liang Ke, the head of the ministry's Beijing municipal bureau, was taken into custody on allegations of graft and his links to Zhou, the security chief until 2012.Last month, Zhou, a former member of the Communist Party's Politburo Standing Committee, was formally arrested on charges of corruption and leaking state secrets, making him the highest ranking official to be ensnared in a graft scandal since 1949.