As reports and interviews are rolling in just the last few days, NSA insider Edward Snowden has revealed and confirmed some details of the US surveillance and cyber-espionage machinery. A picture is emerging from the pieces, but until we see the rest of the 37 pages of the NSA powerpoint document, it will be hard for us to assess the nature of the US intelligence … [Read more...] about What Snowden Hasn’t Revealed, Piecing Together The Much Bigger US Surveillance Picture
US Spy Agencies Hacking Networks Globally, 61,000 Operations! (Snowden Dishes More Dirt)
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/edward-snowden-interview-nsa-hacking-operations-92658.html Perhaps we are getting to the real juicy bit of Edward Snowden's knowledge, perhaps he's dangling some bait and posturing, but he has given new details about something that many already suspected is true: US conducts massive amounts of cyber-espionage in the world. NSA alone, … [Read more...] about US Spy Agencies Hacking Networks Globally, 61,000 Operations! (Snowden Dishes More Dirt)
Cult of personality mindset and Xi Jinping (aside)
You've ever noticed how many American news personalities and pundits always talk about personality when they are comparing Xi Jinping with his predecessor Hu Jintao? Hu is described as lacking in this while Xi is often described as having more of it. See this latest Charlie Rose interview with Richard McGregor on the latest meeting between Xi and Obama and notice … [Read more...] about Cult of personality mindset and Xi Jinping (aside)
The Psychology Of “Something Completely Different”
"And now for something completely different...." So started many of Flying Circus' funniest moments. In a way, that was the simple slogan of yearning in all of us for "something completely different" in the world we live in. Something we could see, experience, or do. I thought of that phrase recently, when I read about Edward Snowden, the NSA surveillance program … [Read more...] about The Psychology Of “Something Completely Different”
Inevitable: US Spy Program Leaker Escapes to Hong Kong, Other Aftermath, How It Might Play Out
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-nsa-prism-scandal-20130609,0,934854,full.story In routine criminal cases, unlike this one, Hong Kong had shown a willingness in recent years to extradite people to face charges in the United States, he said. In the video, Snowden said that "Hong Kong has a strong tradition of free speech." Hong Kong returned from British to Chinese … [Read more...] about Inevitable: US Spy Program Leaker Escapes to Hong Kong, Other Aftermath, How It Might Play Out