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Awesome. I'm wondering if the NSA is willing to self-fund? I'm sure, given their omnipotence and excellent ears, they could, perhaps, make a few ticks in the s

by fixxer 13y ago

Awesome. I'm wondering if the NSA is willing to self-fund? I'm sure, given their omnipotence and excellent ears, they could, perhaps, make a few ticks in the stock market. ;) Before I get labelled tin-foily, let us recall Iran-Contra and longstanding allegations regarding the CIA's drug trafficking... there is precedence.

mindcrime 13y ago
I don't think there's anything tin-foil about what you're suggesting. The Iran-Contra affair speaks for itself, IMO.
- D9u 13y ago
  I agree, especially after reading about the NSA basically "Hoovering" all electronic communications since before I was born. (mid 1960's)
- samstave 13y ago
  Here is some tin-foil: So does the CIA drug trafficking. However - the country is done-for. The presidency is a CIA-bankster puppet position. The CIA (GW Bush++) took over starting in the 70s (when Cheney and Rumsfeld were lurking behind Ford and Carter. Clinton's got rise to power after allowing the CIA to run everything through Mena Arkansas. (look into it). The banksters launder everything for the CIA (Wachovia, HSBC, et al) The coup happened already.
  - pstuart 13y ago
    Those cocaine shipments were for inner-city youths that couldn't afford drugs. It was for the kids!
  - fixxer 13y ago
    Fox Mulder?
spikels 13y ago
Perhaps they could go into cloud storage or ad targeting. Seems like they would have skills in those areas. They may have been the original SaaS providor.
- jka 13y ago
  Communications backup provider - screw SMS Backup / voicemail - backup.nsa.gov could provide a friendly web interface to retrieve and search back through transcriptions/audio of your phone calls in case you forget where it was you mentioned you'd meet someone, or the tone of your date's voice when he/she said they'd be running ten minutes late, etc.
staunch 13y ago
They could probably just modify financial various transactions. Even 0.01% of annual transactions would add up pretty nicely. Levy their own tax. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salami_slicing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salami_slicing
angersock 13y ago
Jesus Christ we get a bit closer to Snow Crash every day, now don't we?

by fixxer 13y ago

mindcrime 13y ago

I don't think there's anything tin-foil about what you're suggesting. The Iran-Contra affair speaks for itself, IMO.

D9u 13y ago
I agree, especially after reading about the NSA basically "Hoovering" all electronic communications since before I was born. (mid 1960's)
samstave 13y ago
Here is some tin-foil: So does the CIA drug trafficking. However - the country is done-for. The presidency is a CIA-bankster puppet position. The CIA (GW Bush++) took over starting in the 70s (when Cheney and Rumsfeld were lurking behind Ford and Carter. Clinton's got rise to power after allowing the CIA to run everything through Mena Arkansas. (look into it). The banksters launder everything for the CIA (Wachovia, HSBC, et al) The coup happened already.
- pstuart 13y ago
  Those cocaine shipments were for inner-city youths that couldn't afford drugs. It was for the kids!
- fixxer 13y ago
  Fox Mulder?

spikels 13y ago

Perhaps they could go into cloud storage or ad targeting. Seems like they would have skills in those areas. They may have been the original SaaS providor.

jka 13y ago
Communications backup provider - screw SMS Backup / voicemail - backup.nsa.gov could provide a friendly web interface to retrieve and search back through transcriptions/audio of your phone calls in case you forget where it was you mentioned you'd meet someone, or the tone of your date's voice when he/she said they'd be running ten minutes late, etc.

staunch 13y ago

They could probably just modify financial various transactions. Even 0.01% of annual transactions would add up pretty nicely. Levy their own tax. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salami_slicing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salami_slicing

angersock 13y ago

Jesus Christ we get a bit closer to Snow Crash every day, now don't we?