Re: Bamford: The Agency That Could Be Big Brother

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" To: Tyler Durden 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:

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OK...does anyone know why the NSA has such a facility out there? Not a

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of the most useful information these days is natively not of fiber

lot 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.

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