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In reply to the discussion: Holy. Fucking. Shit. The candle flickers... (NSA) [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)49. Wall Street and MIComplex meets NAZIs, Mafia, Eugenicists, Big Oil, Banksters...
...Money Launderers, Child Molesters, etc., etc., etc., so of course We the People can trust them to do the right thing. Heartwarming.
Like what Steve Kangas was talking about...
The Origins of the Overclass
EXCERPT...
Although many people think that the CIAs primary mission during the Cold War was to "deter communism," Noam Chomksy correctly points out that its real mission was "deterring democracy." From corrupting elections to overthrowing democratic governments, from assassinating elected leaders to installing murderous dictators, the CIA has virtually always replaced democracy with dictatorship. It didnt help that the CIA was run by businessmen, whose hostility towards democracy is legendary. The reason they overthrew so many democracies is because the people usually voted for policies that multi-national corporations didn't like: land reform, strong labor unions, nationalization of their industries, and greater regulation protecting workers, consumers and the environment.
So the CIAs greatest "successes" were usually more pro-corporate than anti-communist. Citing a communist threat, the CIA helped overthrow the democratically elected Mohammed Mussadegh government in Iran in 1953. But there was no communist threat the Soviets stood back and watched the coup from afar. What really happened was that Mussadegh threatened to nationalize British and American oil companies in Iran. Consequently, the CIA and MI6 toppled Mussadegh and replaced him with a puppet government, headed by the Shah of Iran and his murderous secret police, SAVAK. The reason why the Ayatollah Khomeini and his revolutionaries took 52 Americans hostage in Tehran in 1979 was because the CIA had helped SAVAK torture and murder their people.
CONTINUED...
http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/L-overclass.html
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Well, thank God the security apparatus isn't tied with private sector businesses.
napoleon_in_rags
Jun 2013
#130
Very Glad To See The Neurons Firing - The Trouble Is That None Really Know How Pervasive This Is
cantbeserious
Jun 2013
#2
You caught that too. So much for PGP. Encryption just buys a ticket to attention by an NSA bot, .
leveymg
Jun 2013
#5
It's picking up on the notion that any criticism of the administration is born in racism
hootinholler
Jun 2013
#110
"People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people."
LondonReign2
Jun 2013
#87
It can take millions of years of compute time to crack really strong encryption.
backscatter712
Jun 2013
#115
Have you seen the specialized hardware that has developed in the public space for bitcoin mining?
AtheistCrusader
Jun 2013
#116
Unless there are some ungodly breakthroughs in math, near approaching P = NP, you're flat out wrong
ConservativeDemocrat
Jun 2013
#123
Actually, I don't worry about being "snooped on". My point was math.
ConservativeDemocrat
Jun 2013
#128
By the time it hits your router, it's already encrypted with Cisco's encryption
hootinholler
Jun 2013
#55
It's called CALEA-compliant switches. Google it. Not a national defense secret - mandatory since '95
leveymg
Jun 2013
#42
Not at all. I've set up enough IP addresses & threaded ethernet cable through ceilings to know
leveymg
Jun 2013
#73
I thought it was obvious lol. By any means possible is how they operate. The Chinese are with you.
Catherina
Jun 2013
#34
Did you see that article where China mentioned our "sanctimonious mask"? Read this lol. The irony!
Catherina
Jun 2013
#66
I wonder how many accounts have been banned on DU over the years for spouting this 'alleged'
Purveyor
Jun 2013
#36
Wall Street and MIComplex meets NAZIs, Mafia, Eugenicists, Big Oil, Banksters...
Octafish
Jun 2013
#49
After the end of the Cold War GHWB shifted the focus from military to economic spying.
alfredo
Jun 2013
#70
It already is. We've been keeping it kicked for six days with less than 300 views.
Fire Walk With Me
Jun 2013
#98
"{W}e forgot that the question is NOT, how do we get good people into power. . . .
snot
Jun 2013
#125
And if not now, in a few years, brute force decryption will become easy.
AtheistCrusader
Jun 2013
#112
I have wondered all along what sense this program meant in terms of 'finding a number' etc
sabrina 1
Jun 2013
#131
But the NSA and the Federal Government held up the release of open key encription....
Mustellus
Jun 2013
#135