The problem here is, of course, not that industrial secrets are being stolen, but that industrial secrets are being kept in the first place. -D
>________________________________ > From: Keith Addison <ke...@journeytoforever.org> >To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@lists.sustainablelists.org >Sent: Saturday, 8 February 2014, 0:52 >Subject: [Biofuel] The Anti-Empire Report #125 > > >William Blum writes: > >... "So what do we have here? The NSA being used to steal industrial >secrets; nothing to do with fighting terrorism. And the NSA stealing >money and otherwise sabotaging unnamed financial systems, which may >also represent gaining industrial advantage for the United States. > >"Long-time readers of this report may have come to the realization >that I'm not an ecstatic admirer of US foreign policy. But this stuff >shocks even me. It's the gross pettiness of "The World's Only >Superpower". >A careful search of the extensive Lexis-Nexis database failed to turn >up a single American mainstream media source, print or broadcast, >that mentioned this revelation. I found it only on those websites >which carried my report, plus three other sites: Techdirt, Lawfare, >and Crikey (First Digital Media)." ... > >The EU has been complaining about the US using its spy network to >steal industrial secrets for a long time. > >The NSA and Britain's GCHQ started construction of the Echelon global >wide area network surveillance system in 1981, soon joined by >Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Hong Kong. Europe was excluded. >Europe started complaining about industrial eavesdropping in the 80s. > >British journalist Duncan Campbell has covered this story from the start: > >Somebody's listening >Duncan Campbell >New Statesman August 1988 >http://praxis.leedsmet.ac.uk/praxis/documents/echelon_enc.doc? > >Interception Capabilities 2000 (report written for the EU) >Duncan Campbell >http://www.cyber-rights.org/interception/stoa/interception_capabilities_2000.htm >pdf: >http://www.duncancampbell.org/menu/surveillance/echelon/IC2001-Paper1.pdf > >Up to now: > >Revealed: Britain's 'secret listening post in the heart of Berlin' >Claims that GCHQ has maintained spying operations even after US pulled out >DUNCAN CAMPBELL , CAHAL MILMO , KIM SENGUPTA , NIGEL MORRIS , TONY PATTERSON >Tuesday 05 November 2013 ><http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/revealed-britains-secret-listening-post-in-the-heart-of-berlin-8921548.html> > >UPDATE: Germany calls in Britain's ambassador to demand explanation >over 'secret Berlin listening post' ><http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/germany-calls-in-britains-ambassador-to-demand-explanation-over-secret-berlin-listening-post-8923082.html> > >--0-- > ><snip> > _______________________________________________ Sustainablelorgbiofuel mailing list Sustainablelorgbiofuel@lists.sustainablelists.org http://lists.eruditium.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel
