http://www.thenation.com/blog/161590/wikileaks-news-views-blog-wednesday-june-22#node-161590And this from one of the sources linked within that Journal entry describing Romas/COIN (Odyssey) program as its referenced in the (RW dirty-tricks and domestic spy shop) HBGary e-mails:
Project PM Leaks Dirt on Romas/COIN Classified Intelligence Mass Surveillance
According to a Project PM announcement, here are some of the 'classified intelligence' details about Romas/COIN (Odyssey) with capabilities to monitor and automatically analyze millions of conversations, and then secretly store a wide range of personal data. It appears as if even Apple, Google, and Disney's Pixar were trying to be brought aboard to help out in this mass surveillance apparatus.
By Ms. Smith on Wed, 06/22/11 - 10:44am.
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Updated note: To be clear, all analysis and documentation to expose this mass surveillance was done by Project PM.
If you are not sitting, please do so. Although I don't advocate drinking, you might also pour a double-shot of whiskey to prepare yourself for distinctly unpleasant news about immensely sophisticated mass surveillance called Romas/COIN, or soon to be replaced by a similar program known as Odyssey. The nature and extent of the "counter intelligence" operation can be glimpsed in part by closely inspecting hundreds of e-mails among the 70,000 that were stolen in February from the contracting firm HBGary Federal.
After searching through HBGary e-mails for keywords and reading until I wanted to puke or scream, I decided to go ahead and run with Project PM's announcement. Barrett Brown of Project PM will publish these findings in full on Project PM Wiki later, but this is part of that release. According to Project PM: . . .