[2018-03-22]Snowden Revealed a Secret Document Showing How NSA Tracked Bitcoin U

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Snowden Revealed a Secret Document Showing How NSA Tracked Bitcoin Users

Edward Snowden, former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) employee, has put National Security Agency (NSA) documentation at the disposal of online news organization The Intercept displaying a secret program that was set to spy on Bitcoin trading on the cryptocurrency market.

“If the government’s criminal investigations secretly relied on NSA spying, that would be a serious concern. Individuals facing criminal prosecution have a right to know how the government came by its evidence so that they can challenge whether the government’s methods were lawful. That is a basic principle of due process. The government should not be hiding the true sources for its evidence in court by inventing a different trail,” - American Civil Liberties Union’s Patrick Toomey explained his view on this situation.

Read the details in the article of Coinidol dot com, the world blockchain news outlet: https://coinidol.com/snowden-revealed-secret-document/

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I don't really trust the words of Snowden. He is in Russia and may well work for the FSB. But I admit that possibility. Moreover, I think that such methods are used by all governments. Governments are always afraid that they will lose control of their citizens. Money is the best mechanism of control. Bitcoin collapses these schemes and therefore governments are looking for methods to combat cryptocurrency.