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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.'"
Please tell me how this Snowden guy is doing any of this in the interest of protecting American citizens from an overreaching NSA? Remember his original claim was to be protecting American citizens from an overreaching NSA that was collecting data on US citizens. He denied trying to simply cause political damage to the US and it's allies. Every single day that goes by his true colors show themselves more and more.
In the beginning I got modded heavily for not subscribing to Slashdot groupthink about Snowden and forming my own opinion. So far every single prediction about this guy has come true, he has consistently shown that he is interested only in causing political damage to the US and and it's allies. People have also started to see through this guy and his popularity has started to fall as they the real person and see he is not simply a whistle blower.
He doesn't want asylum in a freedom loving country because he would rather be holed up in a country that routinely jails and tortures dissidents that aren't pissing of the United States. Why, so that he keep on stroking his ego about the damage that he can personally cause to as many nations as possible.