The National Security Agency has confessed that it revealed Fox News host Tucker Carlson's name, found in conversations it was monitioring, by "unmasking" him, a process through which names are ...
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He's a dolt.
It's not theNSAthat is spying on him.
It is the Pentagon.
I know this because I am looking at the envelope I got from theNSA.The postmark shows 08/16/2013.The return address shows Department of Defense at the top left.The line below it shows National Security Agency.The third line shows Fort George G. Meade.
Why is the DOD engaging in domestic spying?Is this tantamount to "domestic extremism"?
Who do you think funded the two founders while they were at Stanford?
DARPA. Andfrom a friend who sent the following to me in 2010!
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 14:29:16 -0600> From: johnp@copper.net
> To: > Subject:Googleto enlistNSAto help it ward off cyberattacks > > > *Googleto enlistNSAto help it ward off cyberattacks > > get rid of your gmail accounts. > > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/03/AR2010020304057_pf.html > * > > By Ellen Nakashima > Thursday, February 4, 2010; A01 > > The world's largest Internet search companyandthe world's most > powerful electronic surveillance organization are teaming up in the name > of cybersecurity. > > Under an agreement that is still being finalized, the National Security > Agency would helpGoogleanalyze a major corporate espionage attack that > the firm said originated in Chinaandtargeted its computer networks, > according to cybersecurity experts familiar with the matter. The > objective is to better defendGoogle--andits users -- from future > attack. > >GoogleandtheNSAdeclined to comment on the partnership. But sources > with knowledge of the arrangement, speaking on the condition of > anonymity, said the alliance is being designed to allow the two > organizations to share critical information without violatingGoogle's > policies or laws that protect the privacy of Americans' online > communications. The sources said the deal does not mean theNSAwill be > viewing users' searches or e-mail accounts or thatGooglewill be > sharing proprietary data. > > The partnership strikes at the core of one of the most sensitive issues > for the governmentandprivate industry in the evolving world of > cybersecurity: how to balance privacyandnational security interests. > On Tuesday, Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair > <http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Adm._Dennis_Blair> called theGoogle > attacks, which the company acknowledged in January, a "wake-up call." > Cyberspace cannot be protected, he said, without a "collaborative effort > that incorporates both the U.S. private sectorandour international > partners." > > But achieving collaboration is not easy, in part because private > companies do not trust the government to keep their secretsandin part > because of concerns that collaboration can lead to continuous government > monitoring of private communications. Privacy advocates, concerned about > a repeat of theNSA's warrantless interception of Americans' phone calls >ande-mails after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, say > information-sharing must be limitedandclosely overseen. > > "The critical question is: At what level will the American public be > comfortable withGooglesharing information withNSA?" said Ellen > McCarthy, president of the IntelligenceandNational Security Alliance, > an organization of currentandformer intelligenceandnational security > officials that seeks ways to foster greater sharing of information > between governmentandindustry. > > On Jan. 12,Googletook the rare step of announcing publicly that its > systems had been hacked in a series of intrusions beginning in December. > > The intrusions, industry experts said, targetedGooglesource code -- > the programming language underlyingGoogleapplications --andextended > to more than 30 other large tech, defense, energy, financialandmedia > companies. The Gmail accounts of human rights activists in Europe, China >andthe United States were also compromised. > > So significant was the attack thatGooglethreatened to shutter its > business operation in China if the government did not agree to let the > firm operate an uncensored search engine there. That issue is still > unresolved. > >Googleapproached theNSAshortly after the attacks, sources said, but > the deal is taking weeks to hammer out, reflecting the sensitivity of > the partnership. Any agreement would mark the first time thatGooglehas > entered a formal information-sharing relationship with theNSA, sources > said. In 2008, the firm stated that it had not cooperated with theNSA > in its Terrorist Surveillance Program. > > Sources familiar with the new initiative said the focus is not figuring > out who was behind the recent cyberattacks -- doing so is a nearly > impossible task after the fact -- but building a better defense of >Google's networks, or what its technicians call "information assurance." > > One senior defense official, while not confirming or denying any > agreement theNSAmight have with any firm, said: "If a company came to > the tableandasked for help, I would ask them . . . 'What do you know > about what transpired in your system? What deficiencies do you think > they took advantage of? Tell me a little bit about what it was they > did.' " Sources said theNSAis reaching out to other government > agencies that play key roles in the U.S. effort to defend cyberspaceand > might be able to help in theGoogleinvestigation. > > These agencies include the FBIandthe Department of Homeland Security. > > Over the past decade, other Silicon Valley companies have quietly turned > to theNSAfor guidance in protecting their networks. > > "As a general matter,"NSAspokeswoman Judi Emmel said, "as part of its > information-assurance mission,NSAworks with a broad range of > commercial partnersandresearch associates to ensure the availability > of secure tailored solutions for Department of Defenseandnational > security systems customers." > > Despite such precedent, Matthew Aid, an expert on theNSA, saidGoogle's > global reach makes it unique. > > "When you rise to the level ofGoogle. . . you're looking at a company > that has taken great pride in its independence," said Aid, author of > "The Secret Sentry," a history of theNSA. "I'm a little uncomfortable > withGooglecooperating this closely with the nation's largest > intelligence agency, even if it's strictly for defensive purposes." > > The pact would be aimed at allowing theNSAhelpGoogleunderstand > whether it is putting in place the right defenses by evaluating > vulnerabilities in hardwareandsoftwareandto calibrate how > sophisticated the adversary is. The agency's expertise is based in part > on its analysis of cyber-"signatures" that have been documented in > previous attacksandcan be used to block future intrusions. > > TheNSAwould also be able to help the firm understand what methods are > being used to penetrate its system, the sources said.Google, for its > part, may share information on the types of malicious code seen in the > attacks -- without disclosing proprietary data about what was taken, > which would concern shareholders, sources said. > > Greg Nojeim, senior counsel for the Center for Democracy & Technology, a > privacy advocacy group, said companies have statutory authority to share > information with the government to protect their rightsandproperty. >
If Cleburne needs more proof, he should ask himself whyMichael Chertoffwas the only US attorney to have not been replaced by the Clinton administration?
Finally, let's not forgetSecretary of DefenseRobert Gates. Gates is the fraud who, as president ofTexas A&M University, was anardentdiversity supporter.
Chertoff is to Gates asGeorge Bushis toPresident Barack Obama: a single, unbroken line of continuity connecting the proxies of the oligarchs and plutocrats who run this country.
By the way, I dedicate my letter and took my inspiration from rock and roll icons"The Who"and their classic songWon't Get Fooled Again. (Listen to ithere.)
I am a dissident journalist, whose work has been published in dozens of daily newspapers, magazines, and journals in English, German, and Swedish, under my own name and many pseudonyms. While living in internal exile in New York, where I am whitelisted, I maintain NSU/The Wyatt Earp Journalism Bureau and some eight other blogs (some are distinctive but occasional venues, while others are mirrors), and also write for stout-hearted men such as Peter Brimelow and Jared Taylor. Please hit the “Donate” button on your way out. Thanks, in advance.
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