NSA, The Technology Future, and Where It Is

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Saturday September 8, 2001 @05:21AM from the where-is-it-going dept.

cowmix writes "It was weird watching 60 Minutes II last week when the head of the NSA was complaining that his organization was totally behind in technology. Further, he told of stories of the organization's horrible inefficiencies and even went into how at the first of January 2000 all the computers in the NSA were down for three days. The thing that really shocked me was seeing pictures of the inside of one of the NSA headquarters and also SEEING people decoding telephone conversations. I didn't know what to make of it."

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I saw it too by Anonymous Coward · 2001-09-08 05:26 · Score: 1, Flamebait

They showed it in Europe too.
Damn, I had a good laugh.
"Waaaa... we don't have enough money to keep up with the evil net people who have the audacity to encrypt their e-mails, faxes and even telephone calls!"