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The German surveillance state is very capable and often understated. They even “ran” Crypto AG with the NSA for decades and even profited from it. https://en.w
by 1cvmask 6y ago
The German surveillance state is very capable and often understated. They even “ran” Crypto AG with the NSA for decades and even profited from it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypto_AG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypto_AG
- cpach 6y agoTIL. Didn’t know Germany was involved in that.
- est31 6y agoIt's funny as the Germans had different priorities from the US. The US mainly wanted to use it to extract information, while the Germans also wanted to increase profits so that they have funds outside of parliamentary control and supervision. So they looked more at the business side of things.
- cpach 6y agoI guess funding was not a big issue for the CIA...
- tick_tock_tick 6y agoThey are still flush with cash from decades of running cocaine.
- est31 6y agoYeah I doubt the CIA has objected because they got all their needs met from congressional funding. They just already had built plenty of dark money reserves.
- brianxp 6y agopeople might laugh at you but Colombian "cartels" have deep ties with the government and the military. They even know the patrolling routes of the US Navy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra3uSDGL9sw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra3uSDGL9sw
- mschuster91 6y agoThe alliance that managed Crypto AG was named by a German beer brand, Maximator. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximator_(intelligence_alliance) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximator_(intelligence_allian...
- rurban 6y agoThe German surveillance state was created and ran by ex-Nazi secret services (Aufklärung Ost), introduced by the CIA (BND = Organisation Gehlen). You have look up the various fascist scandals they have been involved in.