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NSA collects intelligence from people so that US policymakers make informed decisions (like about Russia invading Crimea or how badly Malaysia is lying to the w
by bitsteak 13y ago
NSA collects intelligence from people so that US policymakers make informed decisions (like about Russia invading Crimea or how badly Malaysia is lying to the world), same as every other intel agency does for their home country. Big difference is that NSA won't give their analysis to private companies. In many countries, things like State-Owned Enterprises blur the things and economic espionage is widespread.
- ptaffs 13y agoaccording to Snowden, some of the NSA documents suggest the NSA did give their analysis to private companies. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57617823-38/snowden-accuses-nsa-of-conducting-industrial-espionage/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57617823-38/snowden-accuse...
- Zigurd 13y agoGCHQ, presumably in cooperation with NSA, uses dirty tricks against political dissidents, including Anonymous: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140207/08354426130/gchq-has-entire-program-dirty-tricks-including-honeypots-using-journalists-deleting-online-accounts.shtml https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140207/08354426130/gchq-...