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have effects

That allow the government to at

least claim

That they should be able to get

location data without a warrant.

Or at one point the

government was claiming

That it doesn't need

a warrant to get emails

that you've opened.

Well, in the spring of 2011,

the department of justice,

And in particular the fbi,

Made several requests to

internet companies as part

Of an investigation relating

to individuals associated

with wikileaks.

We released 400,000

classified documents.

[narrator] for those of

you who don't know who

julian assange is,

He started wikileaks.

Now, in the past,

wikileaks has released

secret documents

Related to the iraq war,

Guantanamo bay,

and afghanistan.

And that's, you know,

obviously a positive development

For those of us who think

that information

Should be more accessible

almost no matter what,

And obviously is a

threatening development

To those institutions, like

corporations in many cases,

That depend on secrecy.

I condemn the action

that wikileaks has taken.

It puts at risk

our national security.

Twitter received an order

that requested data

Regarding certain twitter users.

These were all users

that were related to

The whistleblower website

wikileaks.

However, it wasn't

just an order.

It was actually a d-order

and it came with a gag order.

It required that twitter

never speak publicly

About the fact that they

had received this request.

[reporter]

denouncing the move,

Assange said he believes other

american internet companies

Such as facebook and google

May also have been ordered

to disclose information.

Companies like amazon,

yahoo, dropbox,

Even facebook,

will be capable

Of handing data

to the government without

first informing users.

Even if you think what the

people are doing is wrong,

That's why

the first amendment exists.

To protect unpopular people

Engaging in

unpopular speech.

[narrator]

but twitter fought back.

They released the information

to the users,

And let them know

ahead of time.

And they were successful

in getting the gag order

overturned.

Meanwhile, amazon, paypal,

mastercard, and visa-

They all gave in to the pressure

regarding their users.

You know,

a culture of loyalty

to not you,

But a greater cause,

Is important to be successful,

it seems like to me,

And it's disloyal,

in this case, to the country.

[narrator]

while president bush might

think it's disloyal,

Thanks to twitter standing up

for the rights of activists

Like julian assange,

You can now be shown this.

Today, we released

over 287 files

Documenting the reality

of the international mass

surveillance industry,

An industry which now

sells equipment

To dictators and

democracies alike

In order to intercept

entire populations.

9/11 has provided a license

for european countries,

For the United States,

Australia, canada,

south africa, and others

To develop spying systems

that affect all of us.

[narrator]

the spy files show

the massive industry

That surrounds selling

to the us government

And governments

around the world.

Instead of having something

called the total information

awareness act,

With this big symbol

with the eye of the pyramid,

Looking at everybody,

Scanning the world

with its sinister laser beams,

Instead they just have a bunch

of companies that exist

That are providing bits

of those capabilities,

And they're provided under

different contracts

But you go up to the same

agency, the same people.

One of the most popular

is called massive intercept,

And basically what governments

are trying to do with this

Is get as much information

as possible

From our communications

So they can analyze that

and detect patterns in that.

It's interesting,

in your article,

That you really talk

about the secretive nature

of the business.

Right.

They sell through trade shows

Which are not open

to the media.

[narrator]

but we actually went to

one of these conventions.

It was pretty easy.

We just called and asked

for a pass.

So we talked

to the representative

from one of these companies,

A firm called cellebrite.

They were included

in the spy files.

They're a company that sells

cell-phone extraction tools

To every major government

sector in the us.

So my name's christopher shin.

I'm the vice president of

engineering for cellebrite usa.

Today I'm presenting to you

the cellebrite u-fed system,

To my right here.

It is a device used to extract

countless information

From mobile devices,

so text messages,

Pictures, video, audio,

call logs, that kind of thing.

It's used by agencies across

the United States and the world.

Yeah, the iphone specifically

stores a lot of information;

More than your normal handset.

It really is a digital store

of your personal life,

Your business life,

And this is why

the field is actually,

It's been growing

exponentially

Over the last couple years.

So as the devices

get more complex,

They can hold

more information.

This is one of the most

personal devices to you today,

Even more than your laptop,

so...

We think of ourselves as

basically a tool manufacturer.

Just like, you know,

glock or beretta

is producing a firearm,

We're producing a tool

that does a certain task,

And we're marketing

that tool only towards--

Just like you can't go out

and just buy a handgun

without credentials,

We're not just

selling it to everybody.

But could you conceivably

sell it, or are there

laws against it?

There are no laws against

selling this to someone

That's not in law enforcement

or government,

Something like that.

If someone was to dump

my phone tomorrow,

They might get a good laugh

out of the content in it,

But I don't think

I'd be put in jail.

So I think that it really

depends on how you look at it.

I mean,

there are privacy concerns,

But I'm a little bit

more on, I guess,

The liberal side

of my privacy being exposed.

I mean,

other people, of course,

That's a completely different--

That's a completely

personal view.

My phone itself, I mean--

I actually take that back;

I have a lot of work-related

information on my blackberry,

So if this information

did get out,

I probably

would be pretty concerned.

The surveillance vendors

target two types of customers.

They target governments

directly,

And then they so target

internet service provirs

And tecommunications carriers

Who are tasked with

the responsibili

Of spying on

their own customers.

[narrator]

for ample,

There was a little

piece of software

That h been installed

on every phone in america.

This software

was called carrier iq.

And thankso a little video

That a systems administrator

from connecticut

posted on youtube,

The world now knows

that this software

Had been monitoring

our every keystroke.

[electronic voice]

five fifty-three,

and so on and so forth.

[narrator]

according to carrier iq's

chief marketer,

They're aware that his

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