-Caveat Lector- http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT= 104&STORY=/www/story/12-05-1999/0001088875&EDATE= Newsweek: National Security Agency Drafts 'Memoranda of Understanding' To Work With FBI in the U.S.; This is the cover for the December 13 issue of Newsweek (on newsstands Monday, December 6 ). Newsweek looks at last week's WTO meetings in Seattle and the new face of protests in the U.S. There are also reports on the Internet "Brain Drain" and its effects on main stream businesses, troubles at the National Security Agency behind the "techno-curve," rapper Jay Z's arrest after last week's stabbing of a record executive, Columbine principal speaks about his school's recovery from last spring's shooting rampage and the mystery surrounding the death of billionaire Edmond Safra. (PRNewsFoto)[KI] NEW YORK, NY USA 12/04/1999 May Be Falling Behind the Techno-Curve in Surveillance Techniques NEW YORK, Dec. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Security Agency is now drafting "memoranda of understanding" to clarify ways in which it can help the FBI track terrorists and criminals in the United States, territory in which it is generally off-limits, Newsweek has learned. The FBI, never known for its technical know-how, welcomes the help from the high-tech NSA, but some senators are uneasy about letting the NSA eavesdrop more in the United States, report Washington Correspondent Gregory Vistica and Assistant Managing Editor Evan Thomas in the current issue of Newsweek. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19991204/HSSA003 ) While a secret court must approve any national-security wiretaps on U.S. citizens, there is still the risk of abuse. Under pressure to perform better, the NSA and CIA could overreach. Under the existing rules, the NSA and CIA are supposed to spy on foreign threats while the FBI tends to crime at home. But the Internet has blurred boundaries, and as the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993 demonstrated, foreign terrorists have targeted the United States. But the NSA may be losing its grip on the technology front. "The agency has got to make some changes," because "by standing still, we are going to fall behind very quickly," concedes Air Force Lt. Gen. Mike Hayden, the new chief of the NSA, in an interview with Newsweek. The old tools, such as spy satellites and global-listening stations to pick up broadcast transmissions and massive computers to sort and decipher them, are relatively ineffective on the new Info Highway. The agency's problems have already been costly. The intelligence community's failure to predict that India would test a nuclear weapon in 1998 suggests that the NSA is becoming hard of hearing. Some intelligence experts speculate that Washington has had difficulty finding its most-wanted terrorist, Osama bin Laden, because Islamic extremists use European-made encrypted mobile phones, reports Newsweek in the December 13 issue (on newsstands Monday, December 6). SOURCE Newsweek Web Site: http://www.newsweek.com Photo Notes: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19991204/HSSA003 or NewsCom, 213-237-5431; AP PhotoExpress Network, PRN1; PressLink Online, 800-888-6195 ------------------------------------------------------------------ �1996-1999 PR Newswire. All rights reserved. Redistribution, retransmission, republication or commercial exploitation of the contents of this site are expressly prohibited without the written consent of PR Newswire. Forwarded with no endorsement implied-- for education, research and discussion. *** NOTICE: Per Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest, for Fair Use research and educational purposes, only. *** Ref: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml **** . DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
