THE BORE
General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: benjipwns on November 27, 2013, 12:57:16 PM
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/26/nsa-porn-muslims_n_4346128.html
WASHINGTON -- The National Security Agency has been gathering records of online sexual activity and evidence of visits to pornographic websites as part of a proposed plan to harm the reputations of those whom the agency believes are radicalizing others through incendiary speeches, according to a top-secret NSA document. The document, provided by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, identifies six targets, all Muslims, as “exemplars” of how “personal vulnerabilities” can be learned through electronic surveillance, and then exploited to undermine a target's credibility, reputation and authority.
The NSA document, dated Oct. 3, 2012, repeatedly refers to the power of charges of hypocrisy to undermine such a messenger. “A previous SIGINT" -- or signals intelligence, the interception of communications -- "assessment report on radicalization indicated that radicalizers appear to be particularly vulnerable in the area of authority when their private and public behaviors are not consistent,” the document argues.
Among the vulnerabilities listed by the NSA that can be effectively exploited are “viewing sexually explicit material online” and “using sexually explicit persuasive language when communicating with inexperienced young girls.”
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Stewart Baker, a one-time general counsel for the NSA and a top Homeland Security official in the Bush administration, said that the idea of using potentially embarrassing information to undermine targets is a sound one. "If people are engaged in trying to recruit folks to kill Americans and we can discredit them, we ought to," said Baker. "On the whole, it's fairer and maybe more humane" than bombing a target, he said, describing the tactic as "dropping the truth on them."
Any system can be abused, Baker allowed, but he said fears of the policy drifting to domestic political opponents don't justify rejecting it. "On that ground you could question almost any tactic we use in a war, and at some point you have to say we're counting on our officials to know the difference," he said.
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One target's offending argument is that "Non-Muslims are a threat to Islam," and a vulnerability listed against him is "online promiscuity." Another target, a foreign citizen the NSA describes as a "respected academic," holds the offending view that "offensive jihad is justified," and his vulnerabilities are listed as "online promiscuity" and "publishes articles without checking facts." A third targeted radical is described as a "well-known media celebrity" based in the Middle East who argues that "the U.S perpetrated the 9/11 attack." Under vulnerabilities, he is said to lead "a glamorous lifestyle." A fourth target, who argues that "the U.S. brought the 9/11 attacks on itself" is said to be vulnerable to accusations of “deceitful use of funds." The document expresses the hope that revealing damaging information about the individuals could undermine their perceived "devotion to the jihadist cause."
Stewart Baker should have said "dropping the truth bomb on them." What a missed opportunity.
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I would love to see the NSA's files on Exodust and Shaka.
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well, I guess they know I like tubegalore.com! haha :nsfw
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Do they know about my torrenting soapland javs? :shh
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What a genius way to convince your boss you need to browse porn while at work.
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Isn't this something like what Hoover did to our own US citizens with the bureau originally -- even as he was a repressed kinky dude?
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Do the brave jihadi warriors beat it to hijab porn? At least the actresses have their privacy maintained if that's so.
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Damn, Green Man has an in with the NSA now.
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Do they know about my torrenting soapland javs? :shh
In your heart I think you know the answer
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terrorists love gay porn apparently
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How does the Saudi press regard Israel now?
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The Terrors of Penis sounds like the name for The Bore house band. :rock