Counter-Intelligence: I - The Company

http://vimeo.com/65148608#t=3741

Counter-Intelligence: I - The Company

 

 

NSA links, Stockman part II

NSA director describes surveillance as ‘limited, focused’ in House hearing Guardian
No, NSA Spying Did NOT Prevent a Terror Attack on Wall Street George Washington
Edward Snowden: ‘Being Called a Traitor by Dick Cheney Is the Highest Honor You Can Give an American’ FP Passport
Section 215 Dragnet: Again with the Passive Voice Oversight Marcy Wheeler
Partisans are only Concerned about Government Surveillance When the Other Side is in Charge Jon Walker, Firedoglake (Carol B). In case you needed proof of your suspicion…

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-18/david-stockmans-non-recovery-part-2-crash-breadwinners-and-born-again-jobs-scam

More NSA links, David Stockman, Krugman 2003, Ron Paul, Syria, Detroit pension funds & misc

Edward Snowden Live Chat Guardian. The big story Monday, in case you missed it. Lots of harrumphing from detractors, see here for an example. Wonder if there is a generation or culture gap, that people who are more heavy internet users would be read the tone differently.
Mike Gravel, Senator Who Disclosed Pentagon Papers, Backs Edward Snowden Huffington Post (Lambert)
Make privacy part of the transatlantic trade talks Yochai Benkler, Financial Times
Police Commissioner of Largest U.S. City: “NSA Should Come Clean About Domestic Spying” George Washington
The Truth: The NSA Has Been Working on Domestic Spying for Ten-Plus Years Rayne, emptywheel
T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless Shielded from NSA Sweep Wall Street Journal. Neglected to include this last week. Less helpful than you might think since they can work back from call recipients.
‘Tis of thee Steve Waldman. Read this.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-17/david-stockmans-non-recovery-part-1-post-2009-faux-prosperity

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-17/whistleblowers-guide-secretly-tipping-press-turnkey-totalitarian-state

Krugman, from 2003
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/11/opinion/a-fiscal-train-wreck.html

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-17/ron-paul-obama%E2%80%99s-syria-policy-looks-lot-bush%E2%80%99s-iraq-policy

http://www.pionline.com/article/20130614/DAILYREG/130619909

Leaks database?
http://www.publicintegrity.org/2013/06/14/12833/icij-releases-offshore-leaks-database-revealing-names-behind-secret-companies

http://www.alternet.org/economy/america-and-chinas-terrible-plans-future

adam curtis documentary

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/all-watched-over-by-machines-of-loving-grace/

More NSA stuff - misc links

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-16/mark-skousen-surveillance-technology-advancing-faster-we-can-responsibly-use-it

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-16/nsa-uk-spied-politicians-intercepted-emails-eavesdropped-russian-presidents-phone-ca

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-17/dick-cheneys-suggestion-snowden-chinese-spy-sheer-nonsense-says-china

Big Brother Is Watching Watch

3 NSA veterans speak out on whistle-blower: We told you so USA Today
The Snowden Principle John Cusack, HuffPo
GCHQ intercepted foreign politicians’ communications at G20 summits Guardian. I’m sure G8 is pleased to know this.
Here’s (Possibly) the Whole Truth About How PRISM Works The Atlantic. This is the current version of the official story. So far, Team Obama has managed their surveillance scandal far better than Bush did.
US spy agencies say they checked under 300 phone accounts in 2012 FT
Obama does not feel Americans’ privacy violated: chief of staff Reuters. But secret law? Jake with the angels!
The Big Money Atrios. Secret laws, huge budget, no oversight, body shops galore. What could go wrong?
Investigate Booz Allen Hamilton, not Edward Snowden Guardian
Private Spy Agency Booz Allen Hurting Following Snowden Leaks Gawker
Coups, Corporations, and Classified Information NBER (MS). Oldie but goodie. Note front running possibilities.
How the NSA Kept Us From Knowing About a Previous, Illegal Domestic Spy Program in 2006 Green Is The New Red
China army newspaper hits out at PRISM The Age
U.S. Operating Massive Online Spying Program The Onion

Opt out of PRISM, the NSA’s global data surveillance program
http://www.servalproject.org/about/how-it-works (also; and also; hmm). Geeks, thoughts?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/14/edward-snowden-investigate-booz-allen

http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/blog/2012/07/booz-allen-dividend-would-bring.html?page=all

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 From the Guardian interview, which can be read here;

Question:

Kimberly Dozier @KimberlyDozier

US officials say terrorists already altering TTPs because of your leaks, & calling you traitor. Respond? http://www.guardiannews.com  #AskSnowden

10:34 AM - 17 Jun 2013

Answer:

US officials say this every time there's a public discussion that could limit their authority. US officials also provide misleading or directly false assertions about the value of these programs, as they did just recently with the Zazi case, which court documents clearly show was not unveiled by PRISM.

Journalists should ask a specific question: since these programs began operation shortly after September 11th, how many terrorist attacks were prevented SOLELY by information derived from this suspicionless surveillance that could not be gained via any other source? Then ask how many individual communications were ingested to acheive that, and ask yourself if it was worth it. Bathtub falls and police officers kill more Americans than terrorism, yet we've been asked to sacrifice our most sacred rights for fear of falling victim to it.

Further, it's important to bear in mind I'm being called a traitor by men like former Vice President Dick Cheney. This is a man who gave us the warrantless wiretapping scheme as a kind of atrocity warm-up on the way to deceitfully engineering a conflict that has killed over 4,400 and maimed nearly 32,000 Americans, as well as leaving over 100,000 Iraqis dead. Being called a traitor by Dick Cheney is the highest honor you can give an American, and the more panicked talk we hear from people like him, Feinstein, and King, the better off we all are. If they had taught a class on how to be the kind of citizen Dick Cheney worries about, I would have finished high school.

Updated at 12.11pm ET

More NSA links

On PRISM, partisanship and propaganda Glenn Greenwald
NSA snooping: Facebook ‘receives 1,500 data requests a month’BBC
The Sickening Snowden Backlash Daily Beast
Hong Kong lawmakers urge Obama to ‘tread very carefully’ on Snowden case South China Morning Post
Charles Pierce to Edward Snowden: “Your work here is done. Go away and quietly plan your legal defense.” Corrente
The Real War on Reality Peter Ludlow, New York Times. Be sure to read this.
Jailed Qwest CEO claimed that NSA retaliated because he wouldn’t participate in spy program Daily Caller (May S)
Retired Federal Judge: Your Faith In Secret Surveillance Court Is Dramatically Misplaced ThinkProgress (Lambert)
The ‘secrecy industrial complex’ David Rodhe (Richard Smith)
NSA gets early access to zero-day data from Microsoft, others ars technica. Explains one of the key takeaways of an important Bloomberg piece yesterday in a concise manner.
The influence of spies has become too much. It’s time politicians said no John LeCarre, Guardian (Richard Smith)

NSA

U.S. Agencies Said to Swap Data With Thousands of Firms Bloomberg.
Edward Snowden: Classified US data shows Hong Kong hacking targets South China Morning Post.
Five myths about privacy Washington Post
U.S. faces challenges trying to charge Edward Snowden Los Angeles Times
Loretta Sanchez, Dem Rep, Says NSA Revelations Only ‘The Tip Of The Iceberg’ Huffington Post
NSA to release details of attacks it claims were foiled by surveillance Guardian.
FBI chief Robert Mueller says surveillance tactics could have stopped 9/11 attacks Guardian.
Escape from PRISM: how Twitter defies government data-sharing The Verge (Ed Harrison)
Secret Court Ruling Put Tech Companies in Data Bind New York Times
CloudFlare, PRISM, and Securing SSL Ciphers CloudFlare (Ed Harrison).
Contamination Testing Kit Crow’s Eye

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-13/high-school-dropout-snowden-lying-chairman-house-intelligence-committee-claims

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-13/22-nauseating-quotes-hypocritical-establishment-politicians-about-nsa-spying-scandal

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-14/thousands-firms-trade-confidential-data-us-government-exchange-classified-intelligen

NSA, Wired Magazine

The Secret War INFILTRATION. SABOTAGE. MAYHEM. FOR YEARS FOUR-STAR GENERAL KEITH ALEXANDER HAS BEEN BUILDING A SECRET ARMY CAPABLE OF LAUNCHING DEVASTATING CYBERATTACKS. NOW IT’S READY TO UNLEASH HELL.

Edward Snowden: "The US Government Has Been Hacking China For Years", Meet TAO

Feds hunted for Snowden in days before NSA programs went public

IBM Or Amazon: Whom Will The CIA Choose?

Government Court Rules PRISM Program Unconstitutional, Seals Judgement Anyway

Government Says Secret Court Opinion on Law Underlying PRISM Program Needs to Stay Secret

Motion filing

Another filing

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ge-healthcare-to-spend-2-bln-developing-software-2013-06-11

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-10/pentagon-five-year-cybersecurity-plan-seeks-23-billion.html

Snowden: Patriot Or Traitor? America Responds

Project SHAMROCK and Project MINARET

ECHELON

Here are reports from 2000.
http://www.attivissimo.net/sec...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/eur...
Echelon was originally exposed in 1988.
https://www.google.ru/url?sa=t...
https://www.google.ru/url?sa=t...

After words - the Shadow Factory

Old video


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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
-Voltaire 


Patriotism is supporting your country always -- and your government when they deserve it.  Mark Twain

"Truth is treason in the empire of lies". -Ron Paul

NLP = Neuro Linguistic Programming: A propaganda technique using subliminal cues to confuse and influence the target of your propaganda. (the public) Most people are effectively continually hypnotized.

NSA, Snowden, Center for American progress-donors

Big Banks and Other Corporate Bigwigs Benefit from Illegal Spying

Surveillance scandal signals a creeping police state Please credit and share this article with others using this link:http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/354610/surveillance-scandal-signals-a-creeping-police-state.

Ron Paul Warns Of Electronic Surveillance Back In... 1984

Spying Update

did-someone-help-ed-snowden-punch-a-hole-in-the-nsa/

Advice for Snowden from a man who knows: 'Always check six'

using-metadata-to-find-paul-revere/

snowden-surveillance-subverting-constitution?

Meet the contractors analyzing your private data

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The Secret Donors Behind the Center for American Progress and Other Think Tanks [Updated on 5/24] Read more: The Secret Donors Behind the Center for American Progress and Other Think Tanks [Updated on 5/24] | The Nation http://www.thenation.com/article/174437/secret-donors-behind-center-american-progress-and-other-think-tanks-updated-524

NSA - slide

NSA, Snowden, Booz Allen, PRISIM

Booz Allen Hamilton: Edward Snowden's US contracting firm

https://delicious.com/edwardnh/freedom

https://www.diigo.com/user/edwardnh/freedom

The spy who came in from the boardroom

Edward Snowden Makes Himself an Even Bigger Problem to the Officialdom

NSA memo pushed to 'rethink' 4th Amendment

Don't talk to police - video

PRISM spying program exposed by whistleblower, Snowden, only tip of iceberg

Morning Joe interview with Greenwald

http://www.crocodyl.org/spies_for_hire/booz_allen_hamiltoncarlyle_group

Edward Snowden: saving us from the United Stasi of America - Daniel Ellsberg

Why Privacy Matters Even if You Have 'Nothing to Hide'

The Fed - Finance and Economics Discussion Series

Feds Finance and Economic Discussion Series

Misc links - GDP, Jobless claims

GDP

Jobless claims

Why There Is No Justice on Wall Street 

 No saviour in sight as world credit cycle rolls over

The Mad Science of the National Debt

 

 

Behold the definition of a "revolving door" - Judd Gregg: from US Senator, to Goldman Sachs advisor, to SIFMA head, all in under two years - and what is missing

Judd Gregg Redefines "Revolving Door" - From US Senator, To Goldman Sachs Advisor, To Head Of SIFMA - and what comes up missing? - (main article from Zero Hedge

Behold the definition of a "revolving door" - Judd Gregg: from US Senator, to Goldman Sachs advisor, to SIFMA head, all in under two years.

The SIFMA press release proudly announcing its new head. Oddly, zero mentions of "Goldman Sachs":
The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) today announced the appointment of former three-term U.S. Senator Judd A. Gregg as Chief Executive Officer of the Association and the appointment of former U.S. Representative and SIFMA Acting President & CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. as President of the Association.

“Judd’s experience as both a governor and legislator will be of tremendous value to SIFMA in bridging the gap between the complexities of the financial markets and the positive impact our markets have on every community across America,” said Chet Helck, SIFMA Chair and CEO Global Private Client Group at Raymond James Financial. “Judd and Ken, who has proven himself as an outstanding member of SIFMA’s senior management, are the right team to lead SIFMA in our important mission of ensuring trust in our financial markets, fostering an understanding of the important role efficient capital markets play in the life of every American working and living across the country and demonstrating the positive impact the financial services industry has on economic growth and job creation.”

“Judd is a national leader and a respected voice on financial regulatory and economic issues,” said Jim Rosenthal, Chair-Elect of SIFMA and Chief Operating Officer at Morgan Stanley. “As SIFMA focuses on increasing trust and confidence in the financial markets and allowing that confidence to grow and create jobs, I can’t envision a better team than Judd and Ken to lead us. I feel more confident in the Association’s ability to communicate effectively at every level – to the government, to regulators, internationally and, most important, to the people who look to financial services to help them achieve their goals.”

Senator Gregg was the ranking Republican member on the Appropriations; Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs; and Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committees. Prior to joining the U.S. Senate, he served two terms as governor of New Hampshire and four terms as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Senator Gregg currently serves as a Co-Chair of the bi-partisan Campaign to Fix the Debt and served on the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility. Senator Gregg holds a Juris Doctor and Master of Laws from Boston University and a Bachelor of Arts in English from Columbia University.
“It is an honor to join SIFMA as CEO. America’s success and prosperity depends on a vibrant financial system providing access to capital and credit that helps people on Main Streets across America build on their dreams of opening a small business, saving to be able to send their children to college, buying their first home or saving for retirement,” Gregg said. “At the center of this financial system is the membership of SIFMA. Our members provide the resources and expertise that make the economic engine of America work and create a more prosperous life for Americans. We are facing a great many challenges and I look forward to working with legislators and regulators together as we improve our economy and the lives of our citizens.”
Mr. Bentsen has served as Executive Vice President of Public Policy and Advocacy since 2009 overseeing SIFMA’s legal, legislative and regulatory affairs and served as a leading industry voice. Prior to joining SIFMA, Mr. Bentsen was president of the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA). From 1995 to 2003, Mr. Bentsen served as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas, where he sat on the House Financial Services Committee (and its predecessor House Banking and Financial Services Committee), and separately on the House Budget Committee. Prior to his service in Congress, Mr. Bentsen was an investment banker at a major Wall Street firm and a large regional firm, where he specialized in municipal and mortgage finance. Mr. Bentsen has a B.A. from the University of St. Thomas and an M.P.A. from American University.

“SIFMA is the leading trade association for the capital markets business with an outstanding member base and dedicated employee team,” Bentsen said. “Judd Gregg will bring a strong voice and leadership to underscoring the role of finance in fostering capital formation, wealth creation and jobs and economic development in the United States. I look forward to working with Judd and our members as we promote effective and efficient markets, at home and abroad, to finance a growing American economy.”

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What's even more funny (not really) is the floor speech Gregg made in 2009 at Ben Bernanke's confirmation where he basically gave him a blow job in front of the American people.  Would you care to see how this slimeball sucked off Bernanke?

Judd Gregg at Bernanke Confirmation hearing

 The only word I can come up with is Bullshit.  Imagine this video missing.  Shocking

As a Reminder, the Fed Is NOT Printing Money - from Jesse's Café Américain

http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2013/05/as-reminder-fed-is-not-printing-money.html