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."

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Sold Out for Political Gain

[stoolpigeon]

the House Subcommittee on International Economic Policy heard testimony from the Director of the Center for Security Policy, Frank J. Gaffney, who complained about the Clinton administration's trade policy: "The People's Republic of China received sophisticated micro-bathymetry equipment, 6,000-meter-capable video, and side-scan sonar systems from the United States.

That there were no criminal charges for the way the DNC sold this country down the river for campaign contributions is amazing. We do not take China seriously and that is an error.

Re:USS Jimmy Carter?

[toupsie]

since Clinton did the opposite of this... I suppose your fine with him!

Absolutely! Without Clinton, the Republicans would have never gained control over the House and Senate for the first time 50 years in 1994 -- which brought about the first balanced budget in decades. Too bad that we have lost that when the Democrats took over the Senate. As we all know, Congress holds the purse strings of the Federal Government.