Category — Intelligence

Remember the lead up to this and how congress handcuffed the intelligence agencies. Think they aren’t doing it again?

The Democraps and Republicants care about getting reelected, NOT doing the right thing!

This isn’t unheard of in one country’s interest in another’s positions.

FBI: China may use counterfeit Cisco routers to penetrate U.S. networks

Federal authorities in February seized some 400 counterfeit Cisco Systems knockoffs worth $76 million. [snip]

Among the purchasers of the fake equipment were the U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center, U.S. Naval Undersea Warfare Center, U.S. Air Base at Spangdahelm, Germany, the Bonneville Power Administration, General Services Administration, and the defense contractor Raytheon, which makes key missile and weapons systems.

After the one ringy-dingy phone system changed with the intro of the Stepper and direct dialing, this government worked with AT&T to give away the protocols used in phone operating systems. This avuncular gift belied the trapdoors written in to allow the government to snoop where and when it wanted. In exchange AT&T got a monopoly that lasted for years.

We should expect every other power to do the same. It isn’t a question of are you paranoid, but are you paranoid enough.