{"id":12936,"date":"2014-08-15T15:13:11","date_gmt":"2014-08-15T20:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=12936"},"modified":"2014-08-15T15:13:11","modified_gmt":"2014-08-15T20:13:11","slug":"aol-typing-errors-led-fbinsa-to-spy-on-wrong-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=12936","title":{"rendered":"AOL: Typing errors led FBI\/NSA to spy on wrong people"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AOL: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aol.com\/article\/2014\/08\/15\/typing-errors-led-fbi-nsa-to-spy-on-wrong-people\/20947692\/?icid=maing-grid7%7Chtmlws-sb-bb%7Cdl33%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D516135\">Typing errors led FBI\/NSA to spy on wrong people<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The FBI might be spying on you \u2013\u2013 but before you start fighting back with methods your ninth grade copy of &#8220;1984&#8221; taught you, take a look at the embarrassing reason why the agency might have tapped your phone: National Journal reports typos have led to unintended American targets coming under the agency&#8217;s watch.<br \/>\nThe Justice Department&#8217;s inspector general reportedly &#8221; &#8230; found that the FBI&#8217;s corrective measures have not completely eliminated potential intelligence violations resulting from typographical errors in the identification of a telephone number, email address, or social security number.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Although typos are not a malicious or deceitful source of wrongful spying, the issue is bringing the practice of National Security Letters back into the spotlight.<\/p>\n<p>The use of National Security Letters, or NSLs, has been controversial since the Patriot Act loosened standards regarding the practice following 9\/11.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AOL: Typing errors led FBI\/NSA to spy on wrong people: The FBI might be spying on you \u2013\u2013 but before you start fighting back with methods your ninth grade copy of &#8220;1984&#8221; taught you, take a look at the embarrassing &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=12936\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fisa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12936"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12937,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12936\/revisions\/12937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}