The NSA taps fibre optic cable A story that made me say, “well, duh!” at first, I must admit, but it is interesting to read speculation of how this would have been done. And even more interesting to read, “The NSA’s budget is classified, but individuals familiar with it say it is about two-thirds what it was a decade ago, even before accounting for inflation.” I don’t know if this is misinformation (could there be an even more secret agency getting their money? Heh.) but I would have expected their budget to have gone way up not down given the new fields of the Internet and the mobile phone for them to play in…
24 May 2001
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