Glenn Greenwald: how the NSA tampers with US-made internet routers

[JoePhilly]

6. How is this part of whistle blowing about Domestic Surveillance?

I thought these leaks were all about protecting the civil liberties of Americans. This was all about the Constitution.

Yet here, Greenwald is leaking information about the methods our intelligence agencies use for Foreign Surveillance.

First, one would have to be pretty naive to have not figured out that the US government sets up business entities in other parts of the world SPECIFICALLY for intelligence purposes. Remember Valerie Plame? She worked for a front company to spy outside the US. And folks here on DU were pissed when her name was leaked. Now apparently, spying in that fashion is bad, and leaks about it are good.

Second, we know that terrorist cells use burn phones and private networks to communicate. It makes sense that our intelligence agency would set up local businesses in locations where we expect terrorists to operate, and try to get them to obtain phones and other network equipment that has been doctored.

By leaking this info, Greenwald is exposing methods we use for national security, much like Cheney leaking Plame's identity.