intelligence gathering disciplines

[Blucottoncandy]

and to think what Pandolfi is in charge of...

Intelligence Gathering Disciplines
Contents
1 HUMINT
2 GEOINT
3 MASINT
4 OSINT
5 SIGINT
6 TECHINT
7 CYBINT
8 FININT

1 - HUMINT - Human Intelligence—gathered from a person on the ground.

Espionage
Friendly accredited diplomats
Military attaches
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
Patrolling (Military police, patrols, etc.)
Prisoners of war (POWs) or detainees
Refugees
Strategic reconnaissance, as by special forces
Traveler debriefing (e.g., CIA Domestic Contact Service)


2 - GEOINT - Geospatial Intelligence—gathered from satellite, aerial photography, mapping/terrain data

IMINT - Imagery Intelligence: gathered from satellite and aerial photography


3 - MASINT - Measurement and Signature Intelligence

Electro-optical MASINT
Airborne Electro-Optical Missile Tracking MASINT
Tactical Countermortar Sensors
Infrared MASINT
Optical Measurement of Nuclear Explosions
LASER MASINT
Spectroscopic MASINT
Hyperspectral Imagery MASINT
Space-based Staring Infrared Sensors
Nuclear MASINT
Radiation survey and dosimetry
Space-based Nuclear Energy Detection
Effects of Ionizing Radiation on materials
Geophysical MASINT
Weather and Sea Intelligence MASINT
Acoustic MASINT (also known as ACOUSTINT or ACINT - Acoustic phenomena)
Seismic MASINT
Magnetic MASINT
Gravitimetric MASINT
Radar MASINT
Line-of-Sight Radar MASINT
Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar (ISAR) MASINT
Non-Cooperative Target Recognition
Multistatic Radar MASINT
Passive Covert Radar
Materials MASINT
Chemical Materials MASINT
Biological Materials MASINT
Nuclear test analysis
Radiofrequency MASINT
Frequency Domain MASINT
Electromagnetic Pulse MASINT
Unintentional Radiation MASINT


4 - OSINT - Open Source Intelligence—gathered from open sources.
Can be further segmented by source type; Internet/General, Scientific/Technical and various HUMINT specialties (e.g. trade shows, association meetings, interviews, etc.)

5 - SIGINT - Signals Intelligence—gathered from interception of signals

COMINT—Communications Intelligence
ELINT—Electronic Intelligence: gathered from non-communications electronic emissions
FISINT—Foreign Instrumentation Signals Intelligence
TELINT—Telemetry Intelligence: the collection and analysis of telemetry data from the target's missile or sometimes from aircraft tests.



6 - TECHINT - Technical Intelligence—gathered from analysis of weapons and equipment used by the armed forces of foreign nations, or environmental conditions.

MEDINT—Medical Intelligence: gathered from analysis of medical records and/or actual physiological examinations to determine health and/or particular ailments/allergenic conditions for exploitation.



7 - CYBINT - Intelligence—gathered from Cyber Space

8 - FININT - Financial Intelligence—gathered from analysis of monetary transactions

[atmjjc]

Huge isn't it, and then you have the civilian type intel which is just as awesome.

I giggle to myself when you mention Dr. Pandolfi, rumor has it he is converting to the Muslim faith.

[atmjjc]

You might think this video is off topic Bluecottoncandy, but the video explains the source of the game around you.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rosl8W73hus

[atmjjc]

These 17 Agencies Make Up The Most Sophisticated Spy Network In The World
PAUL SZOLDRA MAY 11, 2013, 6:27 AM

http://www.businessinsider.com/17-agencies-of-the-us-intelligence-community-2013-5#the-central-intelligence-agency-spies-on-foreign-governments-and-organizes-covert-ops-1

[atmjjc]

I am familiar with most type of tampering by disinformation and other means which is used in forums by people to disrupt and manipulate its members for various reasons which are not all evil and many have to do with ego denting of narcissistic personalities who tend to be manipulative in their makeup.

Then you have the evil doers who want to contain and disrupt a hidden agenda and others who look at bringing sites down from within as a sort of trophy and then you have the team efforts, and of course you have the socks or puppet members. A lot of this you may have noticed in the last forum (OM) before its downfall. It purports to say it has re-risen from the ashes of the old but in my opinion is being held together by Dan Smith. It is still an interesting place to visit.

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COINTELPRO Techniques for dilution, misdirection and control of a internet forum..

There are several techniques for the control and manipulation of a internet forum no matter what, or who is on it. We will go over each technique and demonstrate that only a minimal number of operatives can be used to eventually and effectively gain a control of a 'uncontrolled forum.'

Technique #1 - 'FORUM SLIDING'

If a very sensitive posting of a critical nature has been posted on a forum - it can be quickly removed from public view by 'forum sliding.' In this technique a number of unrelated posts are quietly prepositioned on the forum and allowed to 'age.' Each of these misdirectional forum postings can then be called upon at will to trigger a 'forum slide.' The second requirement is that several fake accounts exist, which can be called upon, to ensure that this technique is not exposed to the public. To trigger a 'forum slide' and 'flush' the critical post out of public view it is simply a matter of logging into each account both real and fake and then 'replying' to prepositined postings with a simple 1 or 2 line comment. This brings the unrelated postings to the top of the forum list, and the critical posting 'slides' down the front page, and quickly out of public view. Although it is difficult or impossible to censor the posting it is now lost in a sea of unrelated and unuseful postings. By this means it becomes effective to keep the readers of the forum reading unrelated and non-issue items.

Technique #2 - 'CONSENSUS CRACKING'

A second highly effective technique (which you can see in operation all the time at www.abovetopsecret.com) is 'consensus cracking.' To develop a consensus crack, the following technique is used. Under the guise of a fake account a posting is made which looks legitimate and is towards the truth is made - but the critical point is that it has a VERY WEAK PREMISE without substantive proof to back the posting. Once this is done then under alternative fake accounts a very strong position in your favour is slowly introduced over the life of the posting. It is IMPERATIVE that both sides are initially presented, so the uninformed reader cannot determine which side is the truth. As postings and replies are made the stronger 'evidence' or disinformation in your favour is slowly 'seeded in.' Thus the uninformed reader will most like develop the same position as you, and if their position is against you their opposition to your posting will be most likely dropped. However in some cases where the forum members are highly educated and can counter your disinformation with real facts and linked postings, you can then 'abort' the consensus cracking by initiating a 'forum slide.'

Technique #3 - 'TOPIC DILUTION'

Topic dilution is not only effective in forum sliding it is also very useful in keeping the forum readers on unrelated and non-productive issues. This is a critical and useful technique to cause a 'RESOURCE BURN.' By implementing continual and non-related postings that distract and disrupt (trolling ) the forum readers they are more effectively stopped from anything of any real productivity. If the intensity of gradual dilution is intense enough, the readers will effectively stop researching and simply slip into a 'gossip mode.' In this state they can be more easily misdirected away from facts towards uninformed conjecture and opinion. The less informed they are the more effective and easy it becomes to control the entire group in the direction that you would desire the group to go in. It must be stressed that a proper assessment of the psychological capabilities and levels of education is first determined of the group to determine at what level to 'drive in the wedge.' By being too far off topic too quickly it may trigger censorship by a forum moderator.

Technique #4 - 'INFORMATION COLLECTION'

Information collection is also a very effective method to determine the psychological level of the forum members, and to gather intelligence that can be used against them. In this technique in a light and positive environment a 'show you mine so me yours' posting is initiated. From the number of replies and the answers that are provided much statistical information can be gathered. An example is to post your 'favourite weapon' and then encourage other members of the forum to showcase what they have. In this matter it can be determined by reverse proration what percentage of the forum community owns a firearm, and or a illegal weapon. This same method can be used by posing as one of the form members and posting your favourite 'technique of operation.' From the replies various methods that the group utilizes can be studied and effective methods developed to stop them from their activities.

Technique #5 - 'ANGER TROLLING'

Statistically, there is always a percentage of the forum posters who are more inclined to violence. In order to determine who these individuals are, it is a requirement to present a image to the forum to deliberately incite a strong psychological reaction. From this the most violent in the group can be effectively singled out for reverse IP location and possibly local enforcement tracking. To accomplish this only requires posting a link to a video depicting a local police officer massively abusing his power against a very innocent individual. Statistically of the million or so police officers in America there is always one or two being caught abusing there powers and the taping of the activity can be then used for intelligence gathering purposes - without the requirement to 'stage' a fake abuse video. This method is extremely effective, and the more so the more abusive the video can be made to look. Sometimes it is useful to 'lead' the forum by replying to your own posting with your own statement of violent intent, and that you 'do not care what the authorities think!!' inflammation. By doing this and showing no fear it may be more effective in getting the more silent and self-disciplined violent intent members of the forum to slip and post their real intentions. This can be used later in a court of law during prosecution.

Technique #6 - 'GAINING FULL CONTROL'

It is important to also be harvesting and continually maneuvering for a forum moderator position. Once this position is obtained, the forum can then be effectively and quietly controlled by deleting unfavourable postings - and one can eventually steer the forum into complete failure and lack of interest by the general public. This is the 'ultimate victory' as the forum is no longer participated with by the general public and no longer useful in maintaining their freedoms. Depending on the level of control you can obtain, you can deliberately steer a forum into defeat by censoring postings, deleting memberships, flooding, and or accidentally taking the forum offline. By this method the forum can be quickly killed. However it is not always in the interest to kill a forum as it can be converted into a 'honey pot' gathering center to collect and misdirect newcomers and from this point be completely used for your control for your agenda purposes.

CONCLUSION

Remember these techniques are only effective if the forum participants DO NOT KNOW ABOUT THEM. Once they are aware of these techniques the operation can completely fail, and the forum can become uncontrolled. At this point other avenues must be considered such as initiating a false legal precidence to simply have the forum shut down and taken offline. This is not desirable as it then leaves the enforcement agencies unable to track the percentage of those in the population who always resist attempts for control against them. Many other techniques can be utilized and developed by the individual and as you develop further techniques of infiltration and control it is imperative to share then with HQ.

http://cryptome.org/gent-forum-spies.htm

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[atmjjc]

NSA surveillance: A guide to staying secure

The NSA has huge capabilities – and if it wants in to your computer, it's in. With that in mind, here are five ways to stay safe


Now that we have enough details about how the NSA eavesdrops on theinternet, including today's disclosures of the NSA's deliberate weakening of cryptographic systems, we can finally start to figure out how to protect ourselves.

For the past two weeks, I have been working with the Guardian on NSA stories, and have read hundreds of top-secret NSA documents provided by whistleblower Edward Snowden. I wasn't part of today's story – it was in process well before I showed up – but everything I read confirms what the Guardian is reporting.
At this point, I feel I can provide some advice for keeping secure against such an adversary


to continue reading----> http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/05/nsa-how-to-remain-secure-surveillance

[Doc]

I am familiar with most type of tampering by disinformation and other means which is used in forums by people to disrupt and manipulate its members for various reasons which are not all evil and many have to do with ego denting of narcissistic personalities who tend to be manipulative in their makeup.

Then you have the evil doers who want to contain and disrupt a hidden agenda and others who look at bringing sites down from within as a sort of trophy and then you have the team efforts, and of course you have the socks or puppet members. A lot of this you may have noticed in the last forum (OM) before its downfall. It purports to say it has re-risen from the ashes of the old but in my opinion is being held together by Dan Smith. It is still an interesting place to visit.

I have seen all of these in action, most at OM and the rest at other forums. The techniques work. Amateur trolls use the less elaborate ones all the time, especially on politics forums. I believe I saw sleeper accounts on a political forum work for two years in advance of the 2012 Primaries to undermine certain candidates at a crucial time in the process. They were successful, some people guessed what they were up to--but by then it was over and the candidates they sabotaged were out.

I am sure that people came or were sent to disrupt and destroy certain topics at OM. They did their work, using those methods and others, and were gone as soon as they could be absolutely certain their work was done. There are a lot of things that could be said about that whole situation but at some point you realize that it is pointless. Minds have already been made up. I doubt that anyone at this point who would ask the questions as to what all went on there wouldn't accept the answers.

[murmur]

It is still an interesting place to visit.



not really...quite sad in fact

[atmjjc]

not really...quite sad in fact

Well, Yes and No Mur, they seem to be focusing a lot of their attention on their Facebook page rather than the forum.

I still greatly enjoy Dan's posts, but their memberships and participation is lacking big time.

[atmjjc]

So who can be manipulated?

The answer to that question is quite simple – Any one of us can be manipulated quite easily and you will see a lot of this type of manipulation in back and forth posts were there is a power manipulation of control of scoring points or over discussing a point of view were the discussion reverts not to understanding an issue but to manipulate the issue using very tactics.

Dr. George Simon who wrote the book ‘In Sheep’s Clothing’ explains it best in this youtube video.

Once observing the manipulation it takes the mystique of manipulation to an understanding of what is really going on.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBfvbWRDZN4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBfvbWRDZN4

[Fore]

Wow, very powerful thread. The first page is solid (IMO) and chalk full of important points. I highly recommend people keep coming back and read through it.

[CasperParks]

We can longer think of these issues as an Emerging Surveillance State.

Surveillance State has arrived, its raging bipolar demands everyone submit and cower.

Some nations are controlled by religious sects and force unjust religious laws upon the peoples.

World wide, Corporations have infected governments.

[atmjjc]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMWVUoYNezU

[atmjjc]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMWVUoYNezU


I forgot to add this video to the above post. Relevant to today's world if you are keeping score.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZHRgTskEhE

[atmjjc]

The video below concerns the Boston Marathon Bombing in 2013.When something like this happens there is almost always an opposing point of view which appears claiming this and that and muddying the waters of the event so you have to take a sides of an ideological point of view. How should we as members of the human race dredge through all of this information overload?

Is this video conceived by unknown participants with certain ideological propaganda of some element to invoke a particular response for a false flag propaganda event to invoke a radical mind set in certain individuals to identify the radicals swayed by this propaganda or is this just empty rhetoric for pushing a rating of one particular website to promote viewers and advertisers, or maybe it is just conspiracies spin of the actual events?

Most people hardly ever know when they are being manipulated by propaganda of a particular ideology and those leaders of a cause who have no idea they are being manipulated through propaganda by professional manipulators and often they will wind up as sheep following whichever way the wind is blowing-- as their handlers are patting themselves on the back.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXAaRKg37dY

[Longeyes]

Hi Atmjc

Found this on AlienScientist forum. He has a least bothered to search out the facts.
I see no reason to believe it is a false flag operation. The suspected terrorists had a motive 'they didn't like America' and what it stood for and there is plenty of evidence against them.
As he rightly says in the video just reposting stuff without checking the facts properly just helps perpetuate hearsay and gossip. It also denigrates other conspiracy's which may have a really sound basis in fact.
Conspiracy for conspiracies sake in my opinion.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENd3q9bgbvI&bpctr=1388330338

[atmjjc]

Hi Atmjc

Found this on AlienScientist forum. He has a least bothered to search out the facts.
I see no reason to believe it is a false flag operation. The suspected terrorists had a motive 'they didn't like America' and what it stood for and there is plenty of evidence against them.
As he rightly says in the video just reposting stuff without checking the facts properly just helps perpetuate hearsay and gossip. It also denigrates other conspiracy's which may have a really sound basis in fact.
Conspiracy for conspiracies sake in my opinion.


Yep, there are two sides of the coin and it is a matter of which side turns you on. Facts, whose facts, and facts and non-facts can be spun into a scenario? Can you be sure you are given the facts without persuasion to a point of view of the presenter and are given the full set of facts and not just the facts that would make you believe one way or the other?

The only way to stay out of the manipulation game is to not venture into it by drawing conclusions that sway your opinion of reality by what ideology is presenting it.

You do make my point Longeyes, which is one way or another when an event happens there will always be an opposing view which will be exploited by the ideology of the presenter which indeed muddy the water of the incident.

Just because people are there doesn't necessarily make them involved in the plot. They can be innocent and look guilty and vice versa.

Oswald and JFK is another example, was Oswald a patsy or a lone gunman? Plenty of really good facts out there. So which presenter of the facts do you want to believe.;)

[Longeyes]

I don't think that's true in every chase and certainly not this one.
I don't think it is a matter of opinion what went on in Boston, there is an underlying truth to the matter.
It seems to be an American disease to some extent, not saying this to you personally, but things like creationism and climate change aren't a matter of just opinion or which side you think you are on, there is an underlying truth to the matter.
They are backed up one way or the other with an overwhelming amount of evidence, that people chose to ignore or refute for whatever personal reasons, but that does not change the actual facts. If you stick your head in the sand and decry 'There is no climate change! There is no such thing as climate change!' Won't stop your house being blown away by a tornado, or stop the sea level from rising.
Boston is a case in point the evidence is very heavily in favour of the prevailing facts and public opinion.
That is not true of UFOs were the evidence for them is very clear and the opposite is true.

[atmjjc]

I don't think that's true in every chase and certainly not this one.
I don't think it is a matter of opinion what went on in Boston, there is an underlying truth to the matter.
It seems to be an American disease to some extent, not saying this to you personally, but things like creationism and climate change aren't a matter of just opinion or which side you think you are on, there is an underlying truth to the matter.
They are backed up one way or the other with an overwhelming amount of evidence, that people chose to ignore or refute for whatever personal reasons, but that does not change the actual facts. If you stick your head in the sand and decry 'There is no climate change! There is no such thing as climate change!' Won't stop your house being blown away by a tornado, or stop the sea level from rising.
Boston is a case in point the evidence is very heavily in favour of the prevailing facts and public opinion.
That is not true of UFOs were the evidence for them is very clear and the opposite is true.

Longeyes, you are totally missing my point. If I wanted to argue the Boston Marathon bombing on innocent or guilt or false flag I would have made a separate thread.

The Boston Marathon video was an EXAMPLE of cross ideologies which serve a self-serving purpose for the ideology presented which favors the point of view of whoever is presenting their case.

There is another name for this it is called CONFIRMATION BIAS which is the tendency of people to favor information that confirms their beliefs or hypotheses.

People display this bias when they gather or remember information selectively, or when they interpret it in a biased way.

The effect is stronger for emotionally charged issues and for deeply entrenched beliefs. People also tend to interpret ambiguous evidence as supporting their existing position.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias


My post was an example of ideologies and persuasion which muddy peoples view and is called PROPAGANDA with intent to manipulate behavior and point of view.


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READABILITY INDEX CALCULATOR

The Flesch-Kincaid Reading Ease score indicates how easy a text is to read. A high score implies an easy text. In comparison comics typically score around 90 while legalese can get a score below 10.

The Flesch-Kincaid Grade level indicates the grade a person will have to have reached to be able to understand the text. E.g. a grade level of 7 means that a seventh grader will be able to understand the text.

My Original post#15

Flesch-Kincaid Grade level: 21.
Flesch-Kincaid Reading Ease score: 12.

My post #17

Flesch-Kincaid Grade level: 17.
Flesch-Kincaid Reading Ease score: 10.

My apologies I may be writing beyond the comprehension of the average reader. I typically try and write my posts between a 9-13 grade levels with at least a 40 for ease of comprehension. I went somewhat beyond what was my intent to express.

[Longeyes]

Ah what an idiot, now I get you.
Sorry I guess it's that what I'm trying to fight against. And I totally agree people cherry pick the facts they read, and especially in the Internet age can vet their news media, leading to a very polarised view of the world.
It's why I think it might really help if more politicians were science graduates. Science very quickly teaches you there is a truth which you an approximate towards whereas the arts, that whoever can craft the best argument and has the slickest PR wins. Politicians frequently ignore their scientific advisors and brush it aside as mere opinion.
We need a more rationalist society, focused less on personal pride, ego and more on the common good for both us and the planet.

This I think makes your point really well; I was listening to a programme on radio 4 listen again in the UK, about ghosts. There were four guests and the presenter, all the guests had seen a ghost. Yet two of them swore repeatedly that 'they did not believe in ghosts' It was like ?!? What!?! You've seen a ghost who is better qualified than you to confirm it!?!
BUt it was easy to see where their dilemma came from... Society and the concensus is that ghosts are nonsense and they don't agree with scientific reason and therefore cannot exist. I would argue that they obviously do exist too many people have seen them and that the science is just not understood yet.
But this shows how entrenched these ideas are, they aren't even the persons own beliefs. They can't upend their world view. They are clinging an idea, given to them secondhand by others who haven't questioned it either. Surely it should be the other way round your own direct experience should create your world view not what you are told secondhand. That also can't always be true or we would need to repeat every experiment from Galileo's time to feel we understand the world around us. People naturally like to feel secure and they build what they think is solidity around them. This however is only ever an illusion. There is no solidity even the feeling of solidity itself is just a secondhand experience through our senses.
And you have to ask yourself how many of your beliefs are based on the concensus view held by society? Ok not as many by anyone coming here, but still loads because that is how we build up our picture of the world at school and through others. Ethics and all kinds of other things then come into play.

[atmjjc]

Some Orwellian news here…

To break up human trafficking of the slave trade business is a noble cause but why now and why this way? So why not focus their efforts on the borders and the ports, it’s not rocket science here folks.

Think there might be more to this government intrusion to the internet?

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DARPA Wants to Help You Search the Web Better

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has kicked off a project to fine tune Web searches by topical domain rather than general subjects, allowing it to “maintain technological superiority in the area of content indexing and Web search on the Internet.”

DARPA plans to use the system initially to counter human trafficking, which is enabled by websites, forums and chat rooms.

DARPA said its “Memex” (a combination of the words memory and index) project will, among other things, search “deep Web” content missed by commercial search engines and “will address the inherent shortcomings of centralized search by developing technology for domain-specific indexing of Web content and domain-specific search capabilities.”

Memex will develop technology to enable discovery, organization, and presentation of domain-relevant content. DARPA envisions the new system providing fast, flexible and efficient access to domain-specific content as well as search interfaces that offer valuable insight into a domain that previously remained unexplored.

DARPA wants researchers to develop advanced and highly automated Web-crawler software to penetrate sites and resources that have erected crawler defenses to aid domain-specific indexing and a domain specific search engine.

The research agency said the Memex system can help counter human trafficking, which, “especially for the commercial sex trade, is a line of business with significant Web presence to attract customers and is relevant to many types of military, law enforcement, and intelligence investigations.”

Human trafficking forums, chats, advertisements, job postings and hidden services “continue to enable a growing industry of modern slavery,” DARPA said. “An index curated for the counter trafficking domain, including labor and sex trafficking, along with configurable interfaces for search and analysis will enable a new opportunity for military, law enforcement, legal, and intelligence actions to be taken against trafficking enterprises.”

The Memex project takes its name and inspiration from a 1945 article in The Atlantic titled As We May Think, in which Dr. Vannevar Bush, head of the White House Office of Scientific Research and Development, envisioned an analog computer to supplement human memory, the Memex, which would store and automatically cross-reference all of the user’s books, records and other information.

DARPA expects the Memex research project will run three years with proposals due April 8.

http://www.defenseone.com/technology/2014/02/darpa-wants-help-you-search-web-better/78578/?oref=defenseone_today_nl?oref=d-interstitial-continue

[Pandora'sParadox]

An interesting group of vids to look over when you have the time.

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRzTAnu7JwWwe662PT-_NaU2BKppx5kg

[atmjjc]

TAO— ‘Tailored Access Operations’

At one time I viewed Edward Snowden as a patriot but the more I learn of the secrets he bellied up to the world concerning our countries “D” operations and how important and vulnerable our digital infrastructure is to the national security of the free world the more I am beginning to awaken to the big picture of why our spying apparatus should and must remain secret and the more I begin to view Snowden as a traitor.

Though the world of spying has its own jargon of what they term certain operations within their circle one of the most successful ways the TAO operate is what I refer to as a honey trap brush pass form of spying where they hack the hackers of foreign and domestic black hats without their knowledge kicking back and stealing or viewing their operations in real time and gaining valuable insight and secrets of who and what the black hats are attempting to accomplish establishing motive of who, what, where etc. and the fifty shades of MK... of why the brush. The (I)z want to know what and especially who, asks the bearded man to the blond carrier.


The NSA has its own team of elite hackers
The WASHINGTON POST
By Andrea Peterson



Our Post colleagues have had a busy day. First, they released documents revealing the U.S. intelligence budget from National Security Agency (NSA) leaker Edward Snowden. Then they recounted exactly how the hunt for Osama bin Laden went down.

In that second report, Craig Whitlock and Barton Gellman shared a few tidbits about the role of the government's hacking unit, Tailored Access Operations (TAO) in the hunt, writing that TAO "enabled the NSA to collect intelligence from mobile phones that were used by al-Qaeda operatives and other 'persons of interest' in the bin Laden hunt."

So just what is Tailored Access Operations? According to a profile by Matthew M. Aid for Foreign Policy, it's a highly secret but incredibly important NSA program that collects intelligence about foreign targets by hacking into their computers, stealing data, and monitoring communications. Aid claims TAO is also responsible for developing programs that could destroy or damage foreign computers and networks via cyberattacks if commanded to do so by the president.

So, TAO might have had something to do with the development of Stuxnet and Flame, malware programs thought to have been jointly developed by the U.S. and Israel. The malware initially targeted the Iranian nuclear program, but quickly made its way into the digital wild.

According to Aid, TAO's primary base is in the NSA headquarters in Fort Meade. There, he says, some 600 members of the unit work rotating shifts 24-7 in an "ultramodern" space at the center of the base called the Remote Operations Center (ROC).

The unit bears a striking resemblance to a Chinese hacking group described in a report released by cybesecurity company Mandiant earlier this year. The report indicated that that group, APT1, was likely organized by the Chinese military. Perhaps not so coincidentally, Aid says multiple confidential sources have told him that TAO has "successfully penetrated Chinese computer and telecommunications systems for almost 15 years," in the process, "generating some of the best and most reliable intelligence information about what is going on inside the People's Republic of China."

But for all the reported secrecy surrounding TAO's activities, a quick search of networking site LinkedIn shows a number of current and former intelligence community employees talking pretty openly about the exploits.


To continue reading----->http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/08/29/the-nsa-has-its-own-team-of-elite-hackers/

[murmur]

Be very afraid...this kind of power corrupts..... They already killed Hastings

[newyorklily]

With people talking openly about it on LinkedIn, wouldn't that indicate that it is more propaganda hype than physically real?

Sent from my LG-LS720 using Tapatalk

[newyorklily]

Some of you might be interested in this. Coursera is offering a free internet class on Surveillance Law. It is being taught at Stanford and begins today, January 19. You can access it here https://www.coursera.org/course/surveillance

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[atmjjc]

I pulled this article from ‘Defense One” concerning SOCOM and Social Media and how in certain circumstances it is used in the battlefield with our military for positive ID (PID).

SOCOM is an acronym referring to the United States Special Operations Command.

http://www.defenseone.com/technology/2015/01/what-your-facebook-posts-mean-us-special-forces/104031/?oref=defenseone_today_nl



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[atmjjc]

Be very afraid...this kind of power corrupts..... They already killed Hastings

Yep, just look at the pushback to Rolling Stone Magazine when they reported the gang bang rape that never took place. Just about ruined the Magazine and destroyed its credibility. LOL wonder who had a hand in that.:angel_not:

[atmjjc]

The Washington Post came out with an enlightening article about the Pentagon's hosting of a $3.5 million, international competition that will pit robot against robot in an obstacle course designed to test their physical prowess, agility, and even their awareness and cognition.


Washington Post
By Christian Davenport May 16 at 10:18 PM

Military pushes for emergency robots as skeptics worry about lethal uses

It’s 6-foot-2, with laser eyes and vise-grip hands. It can walk over a mess of jagged cinder blocks, cut a hole in a wall, even drive a car. And soon, Leo, Lockheed Martin’s humanoid robot, will move from the development lab to a boot camp for robots, where a platoon’s worth of the semiautonomous mechanical species will be tested to see if they can be all they can be.


To continue http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/ready-to-lend-a-hand-or-3-in-the-next-disaster/2015/05/16/2ea78a16-fa6c-11e4-9ef4-1bb7ce3b3fb7_story.html

[atmjjc]

The link below will give you a pretty good capture of which catalogs the type of tools used in cyber espionage of over 60 countries. I was really surprised at Ethiopia.

The Wall Street Journal
By Jennifer Valentino-DeVries, Lam Thuy Vo and Danny Yadron
Published Dec. 28, 2015 at 12:00 p.m. ET

To view…http://graphics.wsj.com/world-catalogue-cyberwar-tools/

atmjjc:cool:

[southerncross]

UFO Detection And TrAcking Project UFODATA Project - The aim is to move toward a scientific solution to the UFO reports by implementing an effort to gather systematic instrumented observations.

Is this just another pathway to begin to ease in to disclosure through "impartial scientific instrumentation," rather than personal experience? A bit like discovering water on Mars. No one dare say it was there till their little robot "found" it. We've become so reliant on machines to establish our reality, rather than our eyes and minds. So.....you gonna believe UFODATA? Or your lyin' eyes? Well, if it gets us there, so be it.

http://www.space.com/31067-what-are-ufos-new-study.html

[atmjjc]

There is a 10 page summary by Sam Gardiner
Colonel, USAF (Retired)
October 8, 2003 and is referred to as:

Summary of a Study of Strategic Influence, Perception Management, Strategic Information Warfare and Strategic Psychological Operations in Gulf II

For those interested in Psyop type operations, the link will take you to the 10 pg PDF summary.


http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB177/Info%20Operations%20Roadmap%20Truth%20from%20These %20Podia.pdf


There is so much going on now concerning behavioral management of the populace and in the media especially in the news of the big news organizations like CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, MSNBC etcetera and much of this is being conducted by certain elements of the military and the CIA and other 3 letter intelligence agencies and the establishment privileged elite. It has started out as ‘Operation Mockingbird’ by the CIA and it has now expanded into areas of the internet to control thought and opinion.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kI2Zyv6msMM


No matter what your views are about Donald Trump it has become so obvious if you are objective and paying attention on how he is being portrayed in the media and the exaggerations they use concerning this man is frightening. This is emotional manipulation by exaggeration and lies to the populace to control thought.

http://humansarefree.com/2013/09/federal-government-hires-internet-trolls.html

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-03-28/top-german-journalist-admits-mainstream-media-completely-fake-we-all-lie-cia

[atmjjc]

There are many things right in front of our eyes we pay no attention to. Think there is no such thing as shadow governments. This video which discusses shadow government is just the tip of the iceberg.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjdw3Is9mT4

[Wansen]

Good stuff atmjjc!

IMO, videos like this help us keep aware of the fact that we are routinely subjected to manipulation and thought of as chattels.