Today, we have an extraordinary story that predates the apple conundrum. In fact, it predates what most understand to be the beginning of widespread surveillance of u. S. Citizens after 9 11. In october of 1997, Joseph Nacchio was ceo of qwest communications, a major phone company out west. One of his Vice President s told him he had an unexpected visitor. Joe he came in and he said, joe, we have a general downstairs who wants to meet you. Which i thought was pretty surprising, because you know generals dont just drop by. It was a 3star. Sharyl attkisson who was the general . Joe well, his ne is classified, believe it or not. Who it was, im not, im still not allowed to disclose. Sharyl the general was from a u. S. Intelligence agency interested in paying qwest to use its cuttingedge global Fiber Optics Network for classified programs. But to learn more, nacchio first needed a topsecret security clearance. Joe i had my clearance by january of 1998. We received that contract shortly ther
Any secrets held in a terrorists iphone after he killed 14 in california last december. A federal judge has ordered apple to create software to unlock the iphone. Apple is fighting the order. Today, we have an extraordinary story that predates the apple conundrum. In fact, it predates what most understand to be the beginning of widespread surveillance of u. S. Citizens after 9 11. In october of 1997, Joseph Nacchio was ceo of qwest communications, a major phone company out west. One of his Vice President s told him he had an unexpected visitor. Joe he came in and he said, joe, we have a general downstairs who wants to meet you. Which i thought was pretty surprising, because you know generals don t just drop by. It was a 3star. Sharyl attkisson who was the general . Joe well, his name is classified, believe it or not. Who it was, i m not, i m still not allowed to disclose. Sharyl the general was from a u. S. Intelligence agency interested in paying qwest to use its cuttingedge global cl
If nothing else, Senator Ron Wyden is keeping us on top of the surveillance curve. The privacy-focused senator has asked more uncomfortable questions of more federal agencies than anyone since the Church Committee. Sometimes it's new stuff. Sometimes it's stuff that's been around for years, but no one bothered to question it until Wyden. Sometimes…
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