Here's why Barron cares-US spying on corporations for contract info

[liveoaktx]

http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=1255
OLDER article, references "newly-elected Clinton administration" but the principle in it is about NSA and using Eschalon to spy.

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It is the new Cold War. The United States intelligence agencies, facing downsizing after the fall of the Berlin wall, have found themselves a new role spying on foreign firms to help American business in global markets.

Documents obtained by the Independent on Sunday reveal how the CIA and National Security Agency (NSA) -- propelled by the newly-elected Clinton administration's policy of "aggressive advocacy" to support American firms compete for overseas contracts -- have immersed themselves in the new hot trade war. Targets have included UK and European firms. At stake are contracts worth billions of dollars.

For America's spies an important tool has been the global eavesdropping system known by the code name Echelon, which has come to invoke the tag of the Big Brother of the cyberspace age.

Echelon is part of a British and American-run world-wide spy system that can "suck up" phone calls, faxes and e-mails sent by satellite. America's intelligence agencies have been able to intercept these vital private communications, often between foreign governments and European businesses, to help the US win major contracts.

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[bpilgrim]

1. since the cat is out of the bag, it got whats left of brand americas rep

to look out for.

if the rest of the word becomes convinced we are completely corrupt & SPYING on'm we won't be getting any business set at the point of a bayonet.



the only way to repair brand america's image is regime change at home, ASAP.

peace

[wakeme2008]

2. Right and now

Barrons and IMHO most CEO would be upset with Bush listening to their overseas telephone calls. Think about that.....

Could some of that data show up at the Carlyle Group......

from http://www.hereinreality.com/carlyle.html

Meet The Carlyle Group

These names stands out to me..


Carlucci

Former Secretary of Defense and
Deputy Director
of the CIA


Bush
Former
US President and
Vice President
Former Director
of the CIA

[C_U_L8R]

3. Buy stock in

encryption technologies.
There is gonna be a HUGE demand.

(sorry - cynical post)