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James Risen on NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden: He Sparked a New National Debate on Surveillance – Video

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NSA Documents Suggest a Close Working Relationship Between NSA, U.S. Companies

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Documents describe "contractual relationships" between NSA and U.S. companies, as well as undercover operatives at some U.S. companies.

Documents describe contractual relationships between NSA and U.S. companies, as well as undercover operatives at some U.S. companies.

by Jeff Larson and Julia Angwin ProPublica, Oct. 15, 2014, 10:59 a.m.

ProPublica investigates the threats to privacy in an era of cellphones, data mining and cyberwar.

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Newly disclosed National Security Agency documents suggest a closer relationship between American companies and the spy agency than have been previously disclosed.

The documents, published last week by The Intercept, describe "contractual relationships" between the NSA and U.S. companies, as well as the fact that the NSA has "under cover" spies working at or with some U.S. companies.

While not conclusive, the material includes some clear suggestions that at least some American companies are quite willing to help the agency conduct its massive surveillance programs.

The precise role of U.S. companies in the NSA's global surveillance operations remains unclear. Documents obtained by Edward Snowden and published by various news organizations show that companies have turned over their customers' email, phone calling records and other data under court orders. But the level of cooperation beyond those court orders has been an open question, with several leading companies, such as Apple, Google, Microsoft and Facebook, asserting that they only turn over customer information that is "targeted and specific" in response to legal demands.

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Inside the Ring: Chinese company tried to hack NSA using U.S. defense contractor

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Chinese telecommunications equipment giant Huawei Technologies sought to gain access to National Security Agency computer networks this year in a failed cyberespionage attack, U.S. officials said.

The company, which the U.S. government has linked to Chinas military, sought to penetrate NSA networks through a U.S. defense contractor, officials familiar with intelligence reports said of the attempted cyberattack.

The attempted network penetration was discussed in mid-August during a meeting of an interagency security group called G-FIRST, for Government Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams.

The identity of the defense contractor could not be learned.

A Department of Homeland Security official declined to comment, citing a policy of not discussing defense contractor issues. He referred questions to the Pentagon. The Homeland Security Department coordinates the G-FIRST group.

NSA spokesman Mike Halbig said: We have nothing for you on this allegation.

While Huawei is challenged to respond to The Washington Times vague inquiry, the suggestion that a globally-proven and trusted $40 billion vender of commercial telecommunications gear would risk its very existence by attempting, in some unspecified fashion, to somehow access a government network through some unidentified third party, would seem nothing short of absurd, Huawei spokesman Bill Plummer told Inside the Ring in a statement.

The National Security Agency is the governments premier cyberwarfare and cyberintelligence-gathering agency, and analysts say it is one of the highest priority targets for Chinas aggressive cyberespionage efforts.

The Pentagons annual report to Congress on the Chinese military stated in 2010 that Huawei and two other Chinese telecommunications companies maintain close ties to the [Peoples Liberation Army] and collaborate on R&D.

The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence warned in a 2012 report that the U.S. government and private U.S. companies should not use Huawei equipment because of cyberespionage concerns.

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NSA Whistleblower Reveals Who Could Be Behind The Ebola Outbreak – Video

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Paul Joseph Watson talks with NSA whistleblower Wayne Madsen on the Alex Jones Show about the current Ebola outbreak and about ISIS. http://www.infowars.com/85-of-nurses-not-trained-for-ebola/.

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NSA Sentry Eagle placed spies in private companies

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The National Security Agency (NSA) has since 2004 sent spies into private companies in a bid to compromise networks from within, according to documents leaked by Edward Snowden.

Agents sent in by the NSA targeted global communications firms under a highly classified 'core secrets' program dubbed Sentry Eagle previously known only to a handful of officials.

The documents published by Snowden mouthpiece The Intercept indicate operatives in the core secrets program worked in concert with companies to weaken encryption and spent hundreds of millions of dollars to break security mechanisms.

Draft documents published online detailing Sentry Eagle explain that the program used the "full capabilities" of signals intelligence (SIGINT), computer exploitation, defence and network warfare to ensure the protection of US cyberspace.

The document listed facts ranging from unclassified to top secret necessitating "extraordinary protection", and demonstrated the chasm between unclassified information the NSA saw fit for public consumption and that appearing at times too sensitive for the eyes of allies.

Programs in the latter camp include an effort dubbed Raven which, according to unclassified information, reveal that the NSA "exploits foreign ciphers", and also worked with US commercial companies to weaken encryption systems.

Publication of the "facts relating to NSA personnel (under cover), operational meetings, specific operations, specific technologies, specific locations and covert communications related to SIGINT" were all banned under these efforts.

A sentry program called Owl proved the NSA worked with US and foreign commercial companies and "partners" to make their products exploitable for SIGINT; Hawk detailed network exploitation; Raven on cracking encryption; Condor on network attacks; Falcon on defense, and Osprey on intelligence agency cooperation.

The documents revealed field agents working under the Osprey program for target exploitation (TAREX) alongside the CIA, FBI and the Pentagon. These personnel dabbled in clandestine 'off net' operations, intercepting and compromising a targets' assets through the supply chain.

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20 Occifers & She Riffs Arrested by DEA , FBI, CIA, NSA, ABC….LOL – Video

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2006 Privately paid corporate agents go after each other like cannibalistic vampires because of internal company policies....I mean really, like all these gov-corp #39;s don #39;t already do everything...

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NSA 'Core Secrets' leak points to spies working within companies

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Summary: The latest Snowden leaks suggest the NSA has access to well-placed staff whose mission is to infiltrate companies to gather secret and sensitive corporate data.

New documents leaked by Edward Snowden suggest the National Security Agency (NSA) has agents working under deep cover in US and foreign companies.

First published by The Intercept on Friday, the highly-classified document points to the NSA having a small group of well-placed and heavily-vetted insiders, whose mission is to infiltrate commercial companies and work from within.

"How do you know the NSA is not sending people into your data centers?" the publication cited the American Civil Liberties Union'sChris Soghoian as saying.

The collection of six programs, under the umbrella "Sentry Eagle" program, is said to be the "core" part of the NSA's secret mission to "protect America's cyberspace."

In doing that, previous leaks have shown the US intelligence agency will work to weaken encryption standards, intercept technology for bugging once its out for delivery to customers, and conduct network exploitation and espionage.

The NSA has infiltrated a number of companies critical to its mission of targeted exploitation (TATEX). These agents, whose names are not disclosed, are said to be working in companies based in adversarial nations like China, but also allied and friendly countries, notably South Korea and Germany.

Some of the documents also suggest that some agents may be working for US-based firms, or companies that are owned by US corporations.

The 2004-dated document says the contents "constitute a combination of the greatest number of highly sensitive facts related to NSA/CSS's overall cryptologic," referring also to theCentral Security Service, the NSA's sister agency.

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Ex-NSA Head Says Gov't Shouldn't Pursue Reporter

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A former director of the National Security Agency says he doesn't see the need for the U.S. government to prosecute the New York Times reporter who revealed the agency's warrantless surveillance of Americans.

Michael Hayden says he is "conflicted" about whether reporter James Risen should be compelled to reveal his sources.

Risen is facing potential jail time as he battles government efforts to force him to testify at the trial of a former CIA officer accused of leaking classified information.

Hayden tells CBS' "60 Minutes" that Risen's story damaged national security. But Hayden also says it's "wrong" if "the method of redressing that actually harms the broad freedom of the press."

Hayden says "government needs to be strong," but not so strong that it threatens individual liberties.

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