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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 03:26 PM Original message |
To my Friends who think there is too much data for the NSA to deal with... |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. Ignorance is, indeed, bliss. n/t |
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spindrifter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
2. Thanks for sharing |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
3. According to James Bamford |
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Vitruvius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-01-06 11:29 AM Response to Reply #3 |
42. NSA has more than HALF the computer capacity in the entire world, |
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FogerRox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
4. I am not an expert-- I would like to offer the short version |
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Al-CIAda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 03:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. 3)Enormous black budget 10x that of the CIA (this is only what is admitted |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 05:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. SAIC would be running the machines and doing integration... |
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gulliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
6. I agree. |
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DoYouEverWonder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
7. Well if they are so damned smart |
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shadowlight (135 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 06:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. It was trillion. 2.3 Trillion. |
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DoYouEverWonder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 06:36 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. 2.3 Trillion! |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 06:39 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Yes it was trillions, but they at the NSA aren't accountants ;) n/t |
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EuroObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 07:26 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. US/UK trillions = International billions, I take it: |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 07:42 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Didn't know that. |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 09:08 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. US billion = UK milliard, US trillion = UK billion, BOMK |
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TheBaldyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-01-06 08:32 AM Response to Reply #26 |
39. I think you mean 'milliard' = 1,000,000,000 |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-01-06 12:54 AM Response to Reply #25 |
36. As you pointed out earlier, that would be "financial data mining" ;) |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-01-06 12:58 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Or maybe too close to the |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
8. The Nazis catalogued every German using IBM punch cards on the '30s |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 04:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. IBM doesn't deny it, but says it wasn't as bad as it's made out to be |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
9. Just think of what google does; |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 06:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. Google is solving a different but similar problem. |
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w13rd0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
10. I've tried explaining this as well... |
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dusmcj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
12. possible? gather it all, search on demand ? with a warrant bwahahahaha |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 05:04 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. I think that is part of what they are doing... |
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EST (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
13. Thanks, beautifully done. |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 04:48 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Thanks, this is a really simplistic view. |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
14. I first visited the NSA in 1972 |
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bleever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
16. Rec'd. Thanks for the great info. n/t |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
19. Beware Fat Boy & Llewellyn. --nt |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 06:17 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Sorry, I don't get the references. |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 09:21 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. Sorry. I should have explained. |
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Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
20. And if you networked the NSA, CIA, and Google computers all together... |
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Pithy Cherub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
28. It's not simply WHAT hardware the NSA has, but WHO they hire. |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 10:43 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. And nobody is watching the watchers |
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Terran1212 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
32. My sister has had many interviews with the NSA |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-31-05 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
33. all the data is stored on all corp americas servers - and they got access |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-01-06 12:38 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Well, I really don't think that's practcal or advisable |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-01-06 12:47 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. 'message traffic' is what some of biggies do for a living |
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TheBaldyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-01-06 05:02 AM Response to Original message |
38. I have a link here to a report on intercept capabilities dated 2000 |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-01-06 10:53 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Thanks for the link! n/t |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-01-06 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
40. NSA was established in 1952. NT |
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