On Wed, Jul 26, 2000 at 12:12:23PM -0400, Tim May wrote:
>
> They wish to be a mini-NSA.
Or a mini-ECHELON.
> BTW, expect nothing better from the Reps when they come to power. I
> wouldn't be surprised if they didn't simply cut to the chase and set
> up a unified TLA spy system, combining the NSA and CIA (and perhaps
> DIA, ONI, NRO, etc.) and tightening ties to the FBI.
>
> Why reinvent the wheel with Carnivore installed inside cages at AOL
> and Earthlink when the other agencies are adept at much wider
> sniffing?
Nope, won't happen: inter-agency rivalry/jealousy prevents it.
Sharing technology means sharing information, and they don't like that.
There's no reason to re-use technology from other agencies when they can
just go to Congress and say "kiddie porn, bomb-threats, terrorist" and get
more money to build their own ECHELON devices to implant in ISPs and telcos
to discover more kiddie porn and terrorists to justify more money....
Rather than agency cooperation, expect more agency mission-creep
as they invade each other's turf.
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