The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve nor will he ever receive either. – Benjamin Franklin
Related info:
– Creepy US Spy Agency Flings WORLD SLURPING OCTOPUS Into Orbit: NROL-39 NOTHING IS BEYOND OUR REACH
– US Corporate Espionage (Washington’s Blog, Sep 6, 2014):
Glenn Greenwald documented yesterday that, last August, the US government announced that it:
… does ***not*** engage in economic espionage in any domain, including cyber. [emphasis original]
Right after that, the US government was revealed to be, as Greenwald documents:
– Creepy US spy agency flings WORLD SLURPING OCTOPUS into orbit (The Register, Dec 6, 2013):
Proudly Orwellian spooks’ logo may summon Cthulhu, warn alarmed Twitter folk
Some spook agencies like to hide their more ominous workings from the innocent public, protecting Joe Bloggs from thinking too much about the power and influence that can come with snooping on the world. But the US National Reconnaissance Office take a different approach.
Ready for launch? An Atlas 5 will blast off at just past 11PM, PST carrying an classified NRO payload (also cubesats) pic.twitter.com/ll7s0nCOPg
— Office of the DNI (@ODNIgov) December 5, 2013
The NRO are totally embracing their menacing Big Brother persona and putting it out there for world+dog to see, having launched a bunch of satellites and a mysterious payload on a spacecraft yesterday – complete with the logo of a creepy octopus sucking the life out of our world.