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https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB95326824311657269 https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB95326824311657269 (https://archive.is/N46di https://archive.is/N46di) Why We Sp

by lysace 3mo ago

https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB95326824311657269 https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB95326824311657269 (https://archive.is/N46di https://archive.is/N46di) Why We Spy on Our Allies March 17, 2000 11:56 am ET By R. James Woolsey, a Washington lawyer and a former director of central intelligence. We'll begin with some candor from the American side. Yes, my continental European friends, we have spied on you. And it's true that we use computers to sort through data by using keywords. Have you stopped to ask yourselves what we're looking for? tl;dr: "You bribe, so we spy"

TMWNN 3mo ago
I haven't read the op-ed, but I wonder if it talks about the French Leclerc case? TIL that when Greece tested four tanks in 2000 before a big arms purchase, the US M1A1 Abrams and British Challenger 2E tanks had trouble with their satellite navigation systems. A French intelligence agency used GPS jammers to help the French Leclerc tank in the competition. <https://np.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/6bhr14/til_that_when_greece_tested_four_tanks_in_2000/ https://np.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/6bhr14/til_th...>
- lysace 3mo ago
  I think this was about two separate events in 1994: Among the allegations: that the NSA fed information to Boeing and McDonnell Douglas enabling the companies to beat out European Airbus Industrie for a $ 6 billion contract; and that Raytheon received information that helped it win a $ 1.3 billion contract to provide radar to Brazil, edging out the French company Thomson-CSF. These claims follow previous allegations that the NSA supplied U.S. automakers with information that helped improve their competitiveness with the Japanese (see "Company Spies," May/June 1994). https://irp.fas.org/program/process/991101-echelon-mj.htm https://irp.fas.org/program/process/991101-echelon-mj.htm
mcv 3mo ago
Yes, but the US bribes too. In fact, I'd say that corruption is more common in the US than in much of Europe. The article's claim that the US worships Adam Smith is only nominally true; in practice, they love nothing more than monopolisation and market domination. > Have you stopped to ask yourselves what we're looking for? Any advantage that they can exploit. It's no great secret that the US government often acts on behalf of its major corporations and vice versa.

by lysace 3mo ago

TMWNN 3mo ago

I haven't read the op-ed, but I wonder if it talks about the French Leclerc case? TIL that when Greece tested four tanks in 2000 before a big arms purchase, the US M1A1 Abrams and British Challenger 2E tanks had trouble with their satellite navigation systems. A French intelligence agency used GPS jammers to help the French Leclerc tank in the competition. <https://np.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/6bhr14/til_that_when_greece_tested_four_tanks_in_2000/ https://np.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/6bhr14/til_th...>

lysace 3mo ago
I think this was about two separate events in 1994: Among the allegations: that the NSA fed information to Boeing and McDonnell Douglas enabling the companies to beat out European Airbus Industrie for a $ 6 billion contract; and that Raytheon received information that helped it win a $ 1.3 billion contract to provide radar to Brazil, edging out the French company Thomson-CSF. These claims follow previous allegations that the NSA supplied U.S. automakers with information that helped improve their competitiveness with the Japanese (see "Company Spies," May/June 1994). https://irp.fas.org/program/process/991101-echelon-mj.htm https://irp.fas.org/program/process/991101-echelon-mj.htm

mcv 3mo ago

Yes, but the US bribes too. In fact, I'd say that corruption is more common in the US than in much of Europe. The article's claim that the US worships Adam Smith is only nominally true; in practice, they love nothing more than monopolisation and market domination. > Have you stopped to ask yourselves what we're looking for? Any advantage that they can exploit. It's no great secret that the US government often acts on behalf of its major corporations and vice versa.