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NSA to Become Government Net 'Traffic Cop?'

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the traffic-redirector dept.

OriginalArlen writes "The NSA may be appointed 'Internet traffic cop', overseeing data sharing among US government agencies for Homeland Security, according to an A.P. report on SecurityFocus. Apparently the aim is to improve security of all government networks." This would seem to follow in the footsteps of creating the Department of Homeland Security, since the aim is to enable better sharing of data between government institutions.

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  1. Interesting Statistic by bigtallmofo · · Score: 5, Funny

    If the NSA becomes the "Internet Traffic Cop", can it be said that 99.9% of the NSA's budget is devoted to pornography?

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    1. Re:Interesting Statistic by Tackhead · · Score: 2, Funny
      > If the NSA becomes the "Internet Traffic Cop", can it be said that 99.9% of the NSA's budget is devoted to pornography?

      So the old joke about getting a job with NSA by calling up your mother and talking about cryptography needs to be rewritten? Eew!

      "NSA is now funding research not only in steganography, but in all areas of advanced mathematics. If you'd like a circular describing these new research opportunities, just fire up your newsreader, download a .JPG of your mother, and ask for one!"

  2. Anybody want to guess? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "It also was unclear how much the effort might cost."

  3. Re:Ambiguous by EvilTwinSkippy · · Score: 2, Funny
    On the next episode of "Packets..."

    Cop: Son, is that an evil bit I see on your header?

    Kid under flashlight: No sir, it's... it's my brother's. Yeah...

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  4. I can see it now... by brian0918 · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... microsoft.com gets hacked, and they send Frank Parker back in time 7 days to fix it...

  5. Hey... by Greyfox · · Score: 3, Funny

    If it means that the black helecopters abduct those fuckers who keep sending me Nigerian E-Mail scams and phishing scams, I'm all for it. They could stash them in the cell next to Manuel Noriega. Whatever happened to ol' Manuel anyway? Did he ever even get a trial? Is that a black helecopter? Ow! Hey quit it! #^!#@!~ [NO CARRIER]

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  6. Mea Silly by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 2, Funny

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