On 6/25/15, coderman <coderman@gmail.com> wrote:
... i'd like to know more about NSA TAO and FBI DITU cooperation, if any.
an early report of this "Malicious Foreign Actor" status is from last year: "Snowden Documents Reveal Covert Surveillance and Pressure Tactics Aimed at WikiLeaks and Its Supporters" - https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/02/18/snowden-docs-reveal-covert-sur... where is stated: 'A third document, from July 2011, contains a summary of an internal discussion in which officials from two NSA offices – including the agency’s general counsel and an arm of its Threat Operations Center – considered designating WikiLeaks as “a ‘malicious foreign actor’ for the purpose of targeting.” Such a designation would have allowed the group to be targeted with extensive electronic surveillance – without the need to exclude U.S. persons from the surveillance searches.' and finally, note this quote: """ Asked if it would be permissible to “target the foreign actors of a loosely coupled group of hackers … such as with Anonymous,” the response is unequivocal: “As long as they are foreign individuals outside of the US and do not hold dual citizenship … then you are okay.” """ - i'd love to know how many times that guidance is violated! best regards,