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From Slate:
Oh, and it looks like Snowden was a Ron Paul supporter. Naturally.
- Nsa Listening To You Through Your Phones, Computers And Devices, Converting Spoken Words Into Searchable Text
From the Intercept: Most people realize that emails and other digital communications they once considered private can now become part of their permanent record. But even as they increasingly use apps that understand what they say, most people don’t...
- Brits Seize Encrypted Computer Files From Edward Snowden
NOW, we see why the Brits held Glen Greenwald boyfriend for nine hours at the airport. He was, apparently, transporting computer files from Edward Snowden. The Telegraph:Police who detained the partner of a journalist under anti-terrorism laws seized...
- Is The Anything The Least Bit Surprising About This: U.s. Agencies Said To Swap Data With Thousands Of Firms
Bloomberg:Thousands of technology, finance and manufacturing companies are working closely with U.S. national security agencies, providing sensitive information and in return receiving benefits that include access to classified intelligence, four people...
- Putin Lectures Obama On Privacy
From Drudge Russia said it could consider the possibility of granting political asylum to 29-year-old Edward Snowden, if such request is made. The ex-CIA worker disclosed the existence of PRISM, the National Security Agency’s (NSA) massive...
- Edward Snowden, High School Dropout, Security Guard, Cia It Security, $200k Per Year - You Gotta See This Man's Resume
The American Dream - I pulled myself up by my own bootstraps From Director Blue: Let's examine the reported resume of Snowden (dates are estimated): • Raised in Elizabeth City, North Carolina and later moved to Maryland. • Attended a community...
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Liberal Magazine Slate Asks Why The NSA Trusted Snowden in The First Place
From Slate:
If the NSA Trusted Edward Snowden With Our Data, Why Should We Trust the NSA?
Edward Snowden sounds like a thoughtful, patriotic young man, and I’m sure glad he blew the whistle on the NSA’s surveillance programs. But the more I learned about him this afternoon, the angrier I became. Wait, him? The NSA trusted its most sensitive documents to this guy? And now, after it has just proven itself so inept at handling its own information, the agency still wants us to believe that it can securely hold on to all of our data? Oy vey!
According to the Guardian, Snowden is a 29-year-old high-school dropout who trained for the Army Special Forces before an injury forced him to leave the military. His IT credentials are apparently limited to a few “computer” classes he took at a community college in order to get his high-school equivalency degree—courses that he did not complete. His first job at the NSA was as a security guard.
Then, amazingly, he moved up the ranks of the United States’ national security infrastructure: The CIA gave him a job in IT security. He was given diplomatic cover in Geneva. He was hired by Booz Allen Hamilton, the government contractor, which paid him $200,000 a year to work on the NSA’s computer systems.
Let’s note what Snowden is not: He isn’t a seasoned FBI or CIA investigator. He isn’t a State Department analyst. He’s not an attorney with a specialty in national security or privacy law.
Instead, he’s the IT guy, and not a very accomplished, experienced one at that.GO READ THE WHOLE THING.
Oh, and it looks like Snowden was a Ron Paul supporter. Naturally.
- Nsa Listening To You Through Your Phones, Computers And Devices, Converting Spoken Words Into Searchable Text
From the Intercept: Most people realize that emails and other digital communications they once considered private can now become part of their permanent record. But even as they increasingly use apps that understand what they say, most people don’t...
- Brits Seize Encrypted Computer Files From Edward Snowden
NOW, we see why the Brits held Glen Greenwald boyfriend for nine hours at the airport. He was, apparently, transporting computer files from Edward Snowden. The Telegraph:Police who detained the partner of a journalist under anti-terrorism laws seized...
- Is The Anything The Least Bit Surprising About This: U.s. Agencies Said To Swap Data With Thousands Of Firms
Bloomberg:Thousands of technology, finance and manufacturing companies are working closely with U.S. national security agencies, providing sensitive information and in return receiving benefits that include access to classified intelligence, four people...
- Putin Lectures Obama On Privacy
From Drudge Russia said it could consider the possibility of granting political asylum to 29-year-old Edward Snowden, if such request is made. The ex-CIA worker disclosed the existence of PRISM, the National Security Agency’s (NSA) massive...
- Edward Snowden, High School Dropout, Security Guard, Cia It Security, $200k Per Year - You Gotta See This Man's Resume
The American Dream - I pulled myself up by my own bootstraps From Director Blue: Let's examine the reported resume of Snowden (dates are estimated): • Raised in Elizabeth City, North Carolina and later moved to Maryland. • Attended a community...