NSA Chief
former NSA Chief - Wired: LINK ¤ WIRED
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- "the former NSA chief Keith Alexander - said in an interview !"
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- "that they had collected - and sometimes payed - for information !"
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- "about a flaw - in a used software !"
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- "they had looked - at a weakness - in a technology !"
- "they are widely criticized - for it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Interview with former NSA Chief - Australian Financial Review: LINK ¤ A F R
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- "the retired NSA chief Keith Alexander - said in an interview !"
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- "90 per cent of the - Sigint - the raw data - came from them !"
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- "they often were the starting point - for plans !"
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- "what the next steps could be - regarding data !"
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Question: - "there was pressure in the NSA - did he feel isolated ?!"
- "he felt - isolated !"
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- "because they were matching - on their own !"
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Question: - "many said that intelligence agencies - should not undermine encryption standards - or technology !"
- "it was a - cryptographic agency !"
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- "in the beginning - it made - and broke codes !"
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- "then it had launched - a number of programmes - metadata collection !"
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- "in today’s environment - encryption technology was embedded - into the communications !"
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- "it wanted to understand - and identify - a vulnerability !"
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- "( coding - backdoors - zero days ! )"
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- "he wanted it to be able - to ultimately encrypt !"
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- "the most sensitive secrets - of the US nation !"
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Question: - "how would he characterise - the relationship between security - and liberty ?!"
- "for him - security problems - came first !"
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Question: - "how did the NSA scandal - affect morale inside the NSA ?!"
- "clearly - it negatively impacted - the NSA morale !"
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Question: - "could he quantify - the number of documents - of Edward Snowden ?!"
- "nobody in the NSA - really knew - what he actually took !"
- "because the way he did it - they did not had an accurate way - of counting !"
- "he touched - more than a million documents !"
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Question: - "had the NSA troubles - dealing with tech firms ?!"
- "they were well aware - that media assertions - may jeopardize tech firm sales !"
- "( remark - this showed that he saw himself - somehow related to them ! )"
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Question: - "were the proposed NSA reforms - technically possible ?!"
- "anything was - possible !"
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- "but he had worked hard - to influence the system !"
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- "political lobbying - should minimize !"
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- "when he left - everything was on track !"
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- "as they had - recommended !"
UK Parliament demands better Oversight - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN
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- "a highly critical report - by the British Commons home affairs - select committee !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "calls for a radical reform - of oversight - of intelligence agencies !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "the committee demands reforms - of the system !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "to make security - and intelligence services - more accountable !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "and more legal accountability - of GCHQ - MI5 - and MI6 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "it is about credibility - in wake of Snowden's disclosures !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "the system - designed in a pre-Internet age - must be adopted !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "the agencies are owed - an equally refined system - of democratic scrutiny !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "and the oversight commissioners - must not be under-resourced !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
NSA Director - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ NSA DIRECTOR
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ehemaliger NSA-Chef - der Standard: LINK ¤ der STANDARD
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- "der ehemalige NSA-Chef - Keith Alexander - äußerte sich !"
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- "über Sicherheitslücken - nach derem öffentlichen Entdecken !"
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- "oft wußte eine Herstellerfirma - davor nicht einmal - über diese Schwachstelle - Bescheid !"
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- "Keith Alexander meinte - deren Aufgabe war es - Codes zu knacken !"
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- "es war allerdings bekannt geworden - dass diese selbst aktiv versucht hatten !"
NSA Direktor - Wikipedia DE: NSA DIREKTOR