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Because of the new released documents. It says exactly this in their story. And why is it every time some article comes out about US spying, there is always som

Because of the new released documents. It says exactly this in their story. And why is it every time some article comes out about US spying, there is always someone complaining that they knew this all along? Good for you?

Ansil849 7y ago
It's not that "I knew it all along", it's that this was a well-covered story that was already news in the '90s, based on documents as well, e.g. from the Baltimore Sun: > For years, NSA secretly rigged Crypto AG machines so that U.S. eavesdroppers could easily break their codes, according to former company employees whose story is supported by company documents. See also the 1992 news stories about the arrest of Hans Buehler [1], further elaborated in a 1998 article in Covert Action Quarterly [2]: > The cover shielding the NSA-Crypto AG relationship was torn in March 1992, when the Iranian military counterintelligence service arrested Hans Buehler, Crypto AG's marketing representative in Teheran. [1] https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/03/30/Iran-arrests-Swiss-man-for-espionage/7727701931600/ https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/03/30/Iran-arrests-Swiss-m... [2] http://mediafilter.org/caq/cryptogate/ http://mediafilter.org/caq/cryptogate/
- Tenoke 7y ago
  Yet some nations, companies and the later owner weren't convinced that's the case until much later. As the Post's story mentions.
- TeMPOraL 7y ago
  Isn't there a rather significant difference between NSA and CIA+BND?
Brave-Steak 7y ago
Which newly released documents? Quote the article because I can't find anything. Every article I'm seeing in the past week refers to documents released in 2015. Why the fuck now? It reeks of public manipulation, especially with the US increasing efforts to convince people not to use Huawei equipment.
- Ansil849 7y ago
  > Every article I'm seeing in the past week refers to documents released in 2015. That's correct. The documents were reported on by the BBC in 2015 [1], directly linking to the declassified NSA memos [2][3]. [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-33676028 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-33676028 [2] https://www.nsa.gov/public_info/_files/friedmanDocuments/CorrespondenceMemorandaandPersonnelFileRecords/FOLDER_117/42035009107382.pdf https://www.nsa.gov/public_info/_files/friedmanDocuments/Cor... [3] https://www.nsa.gov/public_info/_files/friedmanDocuments/ReportsandResearchNotes/FOLDER_109/41741409078064.pdf https://www.nsa.gov/public_info/_files/friedmanDocuments/Rep...

Ansil849 7y ago

It's not that "I knew it all along", it's that this was a well-covered story that was already news in the '90s, based on documents as well, e.g. from the Baltimore Sun: > For years, NSA secretly rigged Crypto AG machines so that U.S. eavesdroppers could easily break their codes, according to former company employees whose story is supported by company documents. See also the 1992 news stories about the arrest of Hans Buehler [1], further elaborated in a 1998 article in Covert Action Quarterly [2]: > The cover shielding the NSA-Crypto AG relationship was torn in March 1992, when the Iranian military counterintelligence service arrested Hans Buehler, Crypto AG's marketing representative in Teheran. [1] https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/03/30/Iran-arrests-Swiss-man-for-espionage/7727701931600/ https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/03/30/Iran-arrests-Swiss-m... [2] http://mediafilter.org/caq/cryptogate/ http://mediafilter.org/caq/cryptogate/

Tenoke 7y ago
Yet some nations, companies and the later owner weren't convinced that's the case until much later. As the Post's story mentions.
TeMPOraL 7y ago
Isn't there a rather significant difference between NSA and CIA+BND?

Brave-Steak 7y ago

Which newly released documents? Quote the article because I can't find anything. Every article I'm seeing in the past week refers to documents released in 2015. Why the fuck now? It reeks of public manipulation, especially with the US increasing efforts to convince people not to use Huawei equipment.

Ansil849 7y ago
> Every article I'm seeing in the past week refers to documents released in 2015. That's correct. The documents were reported on by the BBC in 2015 [1], directly linking to the declassified NSA memos [2][3]. [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-33676028 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-33676028 [2] https://www.nsa.gov/public_info/_files/friedmanDocuments/CorrespondenceMemorandaandPersonnelFileRecords/FOLDER_117/42035009107382.pdf https://www.nsa.gov/public_info/_files/friedmanDocuments/Cor... [3] https://www.nsa.gov/public_info/_files/friedmanDocuments/ReportsandResearchNotes/FOLDER_109/41741409078064.pdf https://www.nsa.gov/public_info/_files/friedmanDocuments/Rep...