Re:NSA Codebreaker Challenge 2024
by jonnybgood on Thursday September 05, 2024 @05:10PM
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I’m sure you’re aware of this but Snowden wasn’t in the NSA. He worked for a contractor to manage their IT.
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He was both! Initially working for a contractor, then for them directly. He may have again gone back to a contractor afterwards.
My understanding is that he worked for some time at CIA, but never directly for NSA.
Re:NSA Codebreaker Challenge 2024
by throwaway48476 on Thursday September 05, 2024 @06:52PM
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It doesn't matter which 3 letter agency is violating the constitution. They all need to stop.
Yes. Only the 4 letter agencies are allowed to do that.
We need to rein in the USGS
Re:NSA Codebreaker Challenge 2024
by whatisthis9 on Friday September 06, 2024 @05:49PM
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God damn NASA.
That’s a distinction without a difference. He was directly CIA for a bit, and went through the revolving door to a contractor who was placed at the NSA. It really doesn’t matter which corporate entity’s name is on the pay stub; it’s all the same public-private scam. Whether or not Booz gets a percentage of the tax money firehose for running the payroll or not is of no import.
All of this is covered in his book, which is a decent read. I recommend it because it’s information dense and quick.
Furthermore, I said he was deep into the NSA (which he was), not that he was employed by them.