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Interesting move. Presumably, it's preferable to the NSA to let everyone know MYSTIC was implemented in Iraq, rather than deal with the (further) increased mis
by graedus 13y ago
Interesting move. Presumably, it's preferable to the NSA to let everyone know MYSTIC was implemented in Iraq, rather than deal with the (further) increased mistrust that might arise from suspicions that it was used on e.g. some European ally.
Iraq and Afghanistan were my top guesses.
- etiam 13y agoThat was my initial thought as well, but additionally it serves as a form of misdirection, presumably taking many people's attention away from the other countries where the program is being implemented.
- Zigurd 13y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limited_hangout http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limited_hangout PRESIDENT: You think, you think we want to, want to go this route now? And the--let it hang out, so to speak? DEAN: Well, it's, it isn't really that-- HALDEMAN: It's a limited hang out. DEAN: It's a limited hang out. EHRLICHMAN: It's a modified limited hang out. PRESIDENT: Well, it's only the questions of the thing hanging out publicly or privately. Cute. It's like those kids discovering music from the '70s.
- Theodores 13y agoIt is also bragging. Through 'Full Spectrum Dominance', in the news media, 'box set' dramas, movies and dead-tree spy thrillers an impression is made that the spy agencies are all seeing and all powerful. Fact and fiction are mixed up so you don't know what to believe and what not to believe. Whatever. The impression is made: you cannot beat The Man, the casino always wins and they know your thoughts before you think them.