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Report: Britain Has a Secret Middle East Web Surveillance Base
wiredmikey writes "Britain is running a secret Internet surveillance station in the Middle East, according to a recent report citing the latest leaked documents obtained by fugitive US security contractor Edward Snowden. The Independent newspaper said it was not disclosing the country where the base is located, but said the facility can intercept emails, telephone calls and web traffic for the United States and other intelligence agencies and taps into underwater fibre-optic cables in the region, the newspaper said. The Independent did not disclose how it obtained the details from the Snowden files."
The Snowden leaks at this point are well past issues of Constitutional rights in the US. His leaks are directly damaging to the intelligence agencies of the US and its allies. The cover story of "whistle blower" is pure genius, it divides and confuses the public which gives him cover. It might even encourage copycats for additional damage. That is before you get to the question of friction between the US and its allies and trading partners, or the domestic political turmoil. It is truly a brilliant instance of political warfare. Soon we'll no doubt get to see Greenwald add to the damage.
So, where is Snowden at these days?
much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don't even know that fire is hot - George Orwell
Simply put, manning and snowden are traitors. Snowden is proving that he is much worse than is manning. He has just now, told AQ, again, how the west detects them. He is continuing this over and over and over.
I have been against interfering with Snowden and thought that we should just let him be in Russia. But at this time, if he suddenly dies, and all the data is grabbed, I am fine with that.
I prefer the "u" in honour as it seems to be missing these days.
You have bigger problems with car fatalities, much as any other country.
But the stated intent of the Muslims is to destroy our society. If unchecked they certainly will. Of course money should be spent on road safety too, but there is no campaign by drivers to destroy our civilisation.