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NSA/U.S. Navy Working to Intercept Fiber Optic Cables
Jeff Robertson writes: "Fiber optic cables have advantage of being difficult to wiretap. As optical amplifiers replace electro-optical regenerators in undersea routes, it gets even harder. Lightwave Magazine has an article
quoting the Washington Post as claiming the
National Security Agency 'is known to be hard at work trying to gain access to fiber optic cables' and the U.S. Navy will spend '$1 billion to retrofit its premier spy submarine, the USS Jimmy Carter' to get access to deep-sea fiber routes.
They also assert that the U.S. government is bailing out Global Crossing to prevent its undersea routes falling into foreign hands."
Unlike the current President, Jimmy Carter had a record of honorable active military service.
The correlation between ignorance of statistics and using "correlation is not causation" as an argument is close to 1.
Depends on how you look at it.
7 of the last 10 carriers are named after presidents.
Submarines are named after states or cities.
It sounds to me like the original point stands, and your pathetic political statement is discarded.
Hey, Reagan's got a bunch of millitary hardware named after him, and all he had to do was triple the US national debt...
Well, yes (need more taps outside the USA) and no (they do not need more inside the USA).
Good article on the topic of tossing them too much power here:
Clarence Page: Fix FBI's culture gap first
In this case, it sounds like they are just using existing powers and capabilities, nothing new. But that "Patriot Act" needs to get canned quick.
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So, does every country that's at war have the right to spy on you now?
Every country that can will, war or not, and every country that can prevent it will too.
Is it "right"? Depends on how you look at it.
What world are you living in?
Eve Fairbanks says I drive a hybrid!LOL
Yes,..two buidlings down is the easy answer for everything from wiretapping to the drug war.
Two? Where did you learn how to count? Might want to do some research on what was destroyed at the WTC COMPLEX.
Latest focus on that "drug war" nonsense was the FBI is dropping that stuff and tossint it back where it belonged in the first place (questionable wether it belongs at all) to local law enforcement. Perhaps that news slipped by you too.
The rest of your statements only prove your bias, namely that it was fine for the Soviets to invade Afghanastan and wrong for the US to oppose it, wrong for UBL to fight against them. UBLs "got a little uppity" was manifisted as attacks on embassys and other non-combatants.
If the US is allowed to do something, why shouldnt another country be allowed to do the same?
Nobody "allows" the US to spy anyplace, that is why operatives do not have "I am a spy" tattooed on their foreheads. Your statement makes no sense at all.
Eve Fairbanks says I drive a hybrid!LOL