In the ultimate irony, one of the biggest users of CALEA wiretaps are
foreign intelligence services operating inside the United States, or
targeting people in the United States while the foreign spy themselves
may remain outside of the US... it has made life a whole lot easier for
them.
-jma
At 04:37 PM 8/8/2008, kondrak wrote:
AND, if theyre doing it ther=
e,
then we absolutely ARE doing it here in the US.
All the things we've warned about for all these years, and everyone said
we were paranoid
turns out to be absolutely true.
Interview of Dr. Joel Brenner
National Counterintelligence Executive
With Bob Orr – CBS Evening News
August 7, 2008
Transcript – As Aired
Travel Tips from the National Counterintelligence Executive – Traveeling
Overseas with
Mobile Phones, Laptops, PDAs, and Other Electronic Devices:
http://www.ncix.gov/publications/reports/traveltips.pdf
Mr. RUSS MITCHELL (CBS News): China has spared no expense in providing
physical
security for the games, with more than 100,000 officers deployed. But
cyber security is a
different story. On that front, Americans are being told to watch out.
Here's Bob Orr.
Mr. BOB ORR (CBS News): US intelligence officials have issued a strong
warning, that
Americans traveling overseas, particularly visitors to the Olympics in
China, face a serious risk
of having sensitive information stolen. The travel alert is blunt:
"All
information you send
electronically--by fax machine, personal digital assistant, computer or
telephone--can be
intercepted."
Dr. JOEL BRENNER (National Counterintelligence Executive): Somebody with
a wireless
device in China should expect it to be compromised while he's there.
Mr. ORR: In an exclusive interview with CBS News, Joel Brenner, the
government's top cyber
security official, urged Americans to leave all devices at home. And
those who must take phones
and BlackBerrys with them should remove the batteries.
Dr. BRENNER: The public security services in China can turn your
telephone on and activate its
microphone when you think it's off.
Mr. ORR: If the phone's in my pocket and it's off, you're saying an
outside force, an outside
agent can turn it on.
Dr. BRENNER: Yeah.
Mr. ORR: And listen to what I'm doing?
Dr. BRENNER: That is what I'm saying.
Mr. ORR: And my BlackBerry.
Dr. BRENNER: Same thing.
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Mr. ORR: China is one of a number of countries pushing active cyber
espionage programs,
primarily aimed at cracking US national security computers and stealing
corporate trade secrets.
Billions have already been lost. In addition, cyber gangs and criminals,
many based in Asia, have
stolen bank accounts and credit card numbers from an untold number of
Americans. For
protection, Brenner's office says travelers should frequently change
passwords, update anti-virus
and spyware programs and avoid wireless or wi-fi networks whenever
possible; in some
countries, they're controlled by state security forces. The fear is
compromised mobile devices
give thieves open access to all of your computer files back home.
Dr. BRENNER: We are giving advice based on a pattern that is relentless
and ongoing of what
we see as information theft.
Mr. ORR: And the government says no overseas traveler should discount
the threat. Don't
assume, the bulletin warns, that you're not important enough to be
targeted. Bob Orr, CBS News,
Washington.
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