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10. Also, USS Jimmy Carter.

Mon Feb 24, 2014, 05:41 PM

Feb 2014

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Brazil, Europe Plan Undersea Cable To Skirt U.S. Spying [View all] Purveyor Feb 2014 OP

K & R. n/t Judi Lynn Feb 2014 #1

...and when some country(US) cuts the cable with a bomb? AllTooEasy Feb 2014 #18

It's a lot harder than tapping radio. C_eh_N_eh_D_eh Feb 2014 #5

Tap? chicago guy Feb 2014 #7

This cable will be fiber optics. RC Feb 2014 #13

$185 million seems cheap for that distance and the logistical challenges. geek tragedy Feb 2014 #3

Seriously? Has no one in Brasil ever heard of Operation Ivy Bells? Blue_Tires Feb 2014 #4

Surely they know that a cable is vulnerable to eavesdropping? BillZBubb Feb 2014 #6

I can't really blame them, but we can tap into it on the ocean floor. Common Sense Party Feb 2014 #8

The submarine USS Halibut tapped undersea cables regularly Submariner Feb 2014 #9

Also, USS Jimmy Carter. 7962 Feb 2014 #10

Beat me to it jpak Feb 2014 #14

Yup Operation Ivy Bells wocaonimabi Feb 2014 #17

these people have never heard of encryption? how can that be?...nt quadrature Feb 2014 #15

And what about the spying that they do? SoapBox Feb 2014 #16