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Snowden Claims That NSA Collaborated With Israel To Write Stuxnet Virus
andrewa writes "In an interview with Der Spiegel Snowden claims that the NSA, amongst other things, collaborated with Israel to write the Stuxnet virus. Not that this is news, as it has been suspected that it was a collaborative effort for some time. When asked about active major programs and how international partners help, Snowden says: 'The partners in the "Five Eyes" (behind which are hidden the secret services of the Americans, the British, the Australians, New Zealanders and Canadians -- ed.) sometimes go even further than the NSA people themselves. Take the Tempora program of the British intelligence GCHQ for instance. Tempora is the first "I save everything" approach ("Full take") in the intelligence world. It sucks in all data, no matter what it is, and which rights are violated by it. This buffered storage allows for subsequent monitoring; not a single bit escapes. Right now, the system is capable of saving three days’ worth of traffic, but that will be optimized. Three days may perhaps not sound like a lot, but it's not just about connection metadata. "Full take" means that the system saves everything. If you send a data packet and if makes its way through the UK, we will get it. If you download anything, and the server is in the UK, then we get it. And if the data about your sick daughter is processed through a London call center, then ... Oh, I think you have understood.'"
Don't be an idiot. You count the incidents a program has successfully prevented, not the few that it didn't. If this program stopped two dozen incidents and two got through, the program is not perfect, but it would still be successful. To stop all possible threats, you need more than just communications snooping, but it's a very good place to start.
There are legitimate questions on whether it violates people's rights, but unless you've got things like that happening every few months or at least every year, those are the exceptions, rather than the rule. Unless you believe that it takes 10 years to plan a new terrorist attack.
... as I've been telling you all along... Your country is owned by Jews. You are a slave of the Jews. They print money out of thin air, and make YOU and your children do real work in order to pay it back. They run the entire media, they own the book and magazine publishers, they decide everything you get to see and hear about the world. Except for on the internet - but they have their 'useful idiots' to 'mod people down' there, if we get too close to 'naming the Jew'.
If the Jews really do control all the banks and Western governments they are making a piss poor job of taking advantage of it. America gives millions to Muzzie savages in the hope that they will somehow agree to get on, ignore the teachings of Mohammed, and join with non-muslims to form an enlightened democracy. Millions spend defending the "rights" of muzzie murderers. Yes ... really looks like they are in charge
This is still tame... Latin American Presidents would have just "had an accident" during the Cold War for a stunt like this.
If Snowden had true NSA SPYING information, they'd just send an operative to drop him and anybody he talked to. I think he knows something, but only enough to make noise, so like Manning, he's useful to catch as an example. When he stops being a useful example and just a loose end he will "disappear".. Because he WILLINGLY SIGNED UP WITH A SPY AGENCY, and accepted the responsibility for secret clearances, and that's how they handle "leaks".