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Re: Bamford: The Agency That Could Be Big Brother
by Tyler Durden 29 Dec '05

29 Dec '05

Now that's starting to make some sense. Unless, of course, NSA doesn't want us realizing how easy it would be to jam major portions of their operation!!! -TD >From: "(Mr) Lyn R Kennedy" <lrkn(a)earthlink.net> >To: Tyler Durden <camera_lumina(a)hotmail.com> >Subject: Re: Bamford: The Agency That Could Be Big Brother >Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 20:37:35 -0600 > >On Tue, Dec 27, 2005 at 10:46:06AM -0500, Tyler Durden wrote: > > > > OK...does anyone know why the NSA has such a facility out there? Not a >lot > > of the most useful information these days is natively not of fiber >plant. > >They don't. Sugar Grove was a Navy Security Group station until it was >recently shuffled-renamed along with some other similar functions. > >It was first selected for Navy satellite communications and then re-worked >as a listening post. There are lots of interesting stories surrounding SG >but major telephone interception was not one of them. > >When NSA did do satellite telephone intereception in the U.S., it was from >Rosman, NC, a site since donated to radio astronomy. Look up Pisgah >Astronomical Research Institute. The big dish antennas are still there. > > >Bamford also says Washington DC is "north of" Sugar grove. Such basic >errors probably mean he has never "been to the mountain" and looked at >SG. The mountain is named Reddish Knob if you are ever in the area. It >was the site of the AT&T relay station before the fiber cables. > >The BS surrounding NSA capability is getting pretty deep. > > >-- >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >| 73, E-mail | lrkn(a)earthlink.net | >| Lyn Kennedy webpage | http://home.earthlink.net/~lrkn | >| K5QWB ICBM | 32.5 North 96.9 West | >---Livin' on an information dirt road a few miles off the superhighway---

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[Clips] NSA Web Site Puts 'Cookies' on Computers
by R. A. Hettinga 28 Dec '05

28 Dec '05

Shock. Horror. The NSA leaves cookies. Exactly what part of "spook" do people not understand at this stage? Cheers, RAH ------- --- begin forwarded text Delivered-To: clips(a)philodox.com Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 22:25:34 -0500 To: Philodox Clips List <clips(a)philodox.com> From: "R. A. Hettinga" <rah(a)shipwright.com> Subject: [Clips] NSA Web Site Puts 'Cookies' on Computers Reply-To: rah(a)philodox.com Sender: clips-bounces(a)philodox.com <http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/12/28/D8EPGENO2.html> BREITBART.COM NSA Web Site Puts 'Cookies' on Computers By ANICK JESDANUN AP Internet Writer Dec 28 4:44 PM US/Eastern NEW YORK - The National Security Agency's Internet site has been placing files on visitors' computers that can track their Web surfing activity despite strict federal rules banning most of them. These files, known as "cookies," disappeared after a privacy activist complained and The Associated Press made inquiries this week, and agency officials acknowledged Wednesday they had made a mistake. Nonetheless, the issue raises questions about privacy at a spy agency already on the defensive amid reports of a secretive eavesdropping program in the United States. "Considering the surveillance power the NSA has, cookies are not exactly a major concern," said Ari Schwartz, associate director at the Center for Democracy and Technology, a privacy advocacy group in Washington, D.C. "But it does show a general lack of understanding about privacy rules when they are not even following the government's very basic rules for Web privacy." Until Tuesday, the NSA site created two cookie files that do not expire until 2035 _ likely beyond the life of any computer in use today. Don Weber, an NSA spokesman, said in a statement Wednesday that the cookie use resulted from a recent software upgrade. Normally, the site uses temporary, permissible cookies that are automatically deleted when users close their Web browsers, he said, but the software in use shipped with persistent cookies already on. "After being tipped to the issue, we immediately disabled the cookies," he said. Cookies are widely used at commercial Web sites and can make Internet browsing more convenient by letting sites remember user preferences. For instance, visitors would not have to repeatedly enter passwords at sites that require them. But privacy advocates complain that cookies can also track Web surfing, even if no personal information is actually collected. In a 2003 memo, the White House's Office of Management and Budget prohibits federal agencies from using persistent cookies _ those that aren't automatically deleted right away _ unless there is a "compelling need." A senior official must sign off on any such use, and an agency that uses them must disclose and detail their use in its privacy policy. Peter Swire, a Clinton administration official who had drafted an earlier version of the cookie guidelines, said clear notice is a must, and `vague assertions of national security, such as exist in the NSA policy, are not sufficient." Daniel Brandt, a privacy activist who discovered the NSA cookies, said mistakes happen, "but in any case, it's illegal. The (guideline) doesn't say anything about doing it accidentally." The Bush administration has come under fire recently over reports it authorized NSA to secretly spy on e-mail and phone calls without court orders. Since The New York Times disclosed the domestic spying program earlier this month, President Bush has stressed that his executive order allowing the eavesdropping was limited to people with known links to al-Qaida. But on its Web site Friday, the Times reported that the NSA, with help from American telecommunications companies, obtained broader access to streams of domestic and international communications. 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by Eugen Leitl 28 Dec '05

28 Dec '05

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