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Re:NSA Hooking Up Ominously Named 'Perfect Citizen' To Watch... by mmaunder on Friday July 09, 2010 @05:29PM (#1502268)
I love this photo! Classic geek with braided ponytail dressed in black sitting next to a uniformed guy (we hire both!). Both guys have 17 inch (or is it 15 inch) monitors that are switched off. Neither are looking at their screens. A quarter of the screen real-estate up front is taken up by NSA logos. The intelligence sign on the roof adds a certain irony. We can only hope the whole set is staged.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66807I20100709

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Re:NSA Hooking Up Ominously Named 'Perfect Citizen' To Watch... by smallblacksun on Friday July 09, 2010 @08:02PM (#1502645)
When they film inside an intelligence agency, they either turn off monitors displaying sensitive information or show non-sensitive information on them (like the NSA logo).
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Re:NSA Hooking Up Ominously Named 'Perfect Citizen' To Watch... by qualia on Saturday July 10, 2010 @01:20AM (#1503095)
Not to mention the large screen on the wall displaying a world map and lots of green text on black. It reminds me of a movie set. Given the very likely rapidly improving/changing technology used by the NSA, you have to wonder whether it's truly the movies basing their sets off of the real NSA, or if it's the other way around.
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