Re: [cryptography] Is the NSA now a civilian intelligence agency? (Was: Re: Snowden: Fabricating Digital Keys?)

2013-07-02 Thread ianG
On 2/07/13 03:33 AM, mtm wrote: as a spartan of sorts, and one thats shared laphroig with both a plank member of the nsa and the creator of fbi's hrt, id like to say these fellas are decent men and not petty. I know a few of the older ones as well. They are indeed decent men, and

Re: [cryptography] Is the NSA now a civilian intelligence agency? (Was: Re: Snowden: Fabricating Digital Keys?)

2013-07-02 Thread coderman
On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 2:07 AM, ianG i...@iang.org wrote: ... it only takes a few deviations to drift into crisis when power is large and concentrated. the behemoth that is the current intelligence apparatus(es) is most disturbing in this aspect; truly excessive concentration of power unethical

Re: [cryptography] Is the NSA now a civilian intelligence agency? (Was: Re: Snowden: Fabricating Digital Keys?)

2013-07-01 Thread ianG
Hmmm. Thanks, Ethan! Maybe I'm wrong? Maybe the NSA was always allowed to pass criminal evidence across to the civilian police forces. It's a very strange world. iang On 1/07/13 06:12 AM, Ethan Heilman wrote: The way I read that (and combined with the overall disclosures that they are

Re: [cryptography] Is the NSA now a civilian intelligence agency? (Was: Re: Snowden: Fabricating Digital Keys?)

2013-07-01 Thread Nico Williams
On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 3:37 AM, ianG i...@iang.org wrote: Hmmm. Thanks, Ethan! Maybe I'm wrong? Maybe the NSA was always allowed to pass criminal evidence across to the civilian police forces. It's a very strange world. No, the doctrine of the fruit of the poisoned tree makes it

Re: [cryptography] Is the NSA now a civilian intelligence agency? (Was: Re: Snowden: Fabricating Digital Keys?)

2013-07-01 Thread grarpamp
And when LEA get caught doing this nothing terribly bad happens to LEA (no officers go to prison, for example). It is often in the interest/whim of the executive to decline to prosecute its own, even if only to save embarassment, so many of these cases will never see a jury. That's why you

Re: [cryptography] Is the NSA now a civilian intelligence agency? (Was: Re: Snowden: Fabricating Digital Keys?)

2013-07-01 Thread Nico Williams
On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 4:57 PM, grarpamp grarp...@gmail.com wrote: And when LEA get caught doing this nothing terribly bad happens to LEA (no officers go to prison, for example). It is often in the interest/whim of the executive to decline to prosecute its own, even if only to save

Re: [cryptography] Is the NSA now a civilian intelligence agency? (Was: Re: Snowden: Fabricating Digital Keys?)

2013-07-01 Thread James A. Donald
On 2013-07-02 8:47 AM, Nico Williams wrote: On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 4:57 PM, grarpamp grarp...@gmail.com wrote: And when LEA get caught doing this nothing terribly bad happens to LEA (no officers go to prison, for example). It is often in the interest/whim of the executive to decline to

Re: [cryptography] Is the NSA now a civilian intelligence agency? (Was: Re: Snowden: Fabricating Digital Keys?)

2013-07-01 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 6:47 PM, Nico Williams n...@cryptonector.com wrote: On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 4:57 PM, grarpamp grarp...@gmail.com wrote: And when LEA get caught doing this nothing terribly bad happens to LEA (no officers go to prison, for example). It is often in the interest/whim of

Re: [cryptography] Is the NSA now a civilian intelligence agency? (Was: Re: Snowden: Fabricating Digital Keys?)

2013-07-01 Thread mtm
as a spartan of sorts, and one thats shared laphroig with both a plank member of the nsa and the creator of fbi's hrt, id like to say these fellas are decent men and not petty. On Jul 2, 2013 12:55 AM, Jeffrey Walton noloa...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 6:47 PM, Nico Williams

Re: [cryptography] Is the NSA now a civilian intelligence agency? (Was: Re: Snowden: Fabricating Digital Keys?)

2013-07-01 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 8:33 PM, mtm marctmil...@gmail.com wrote: as a spartan of sorts, and one thats shared laphroig with both a plank member of the nsa and the creator of fbi's hrt, id like to say these fellas are decent men and not petty. Then they would have nothing to fear if put on trial

Re: [cryptography] Is the NSA now a civilian intelligence agency? (Was: Re: Snowden: Fabricating Digital Keys?)

2013-07-01 Thread grarpamp
Whereas the incentive to keep the secret from spilling is so strong that it should act as a moderator on its operators. ... against use outside of its original scope/parties. I can see that. Time and history tends to expose everything though. And in the present, not knowing what we don't know

Re: [cryptography] Is the NSA now a civilian intelligence agency? (Was: Re: Snowden: Fabricating Digital Keys?)

2013-07-01 Thread grarpamp
id like to say these fellas are decent men True for sure. Yet sometimes when you assemble large systems of even the best of men, those systems may drift from or not always retain the fine character of its components. A weakness of humanity perhaps. ___

Re: [cryptography] Is the NSA now a civilian intelligence agency? (Was: Re: Snowden: Fabricating Digital Keys?)

2013-07-01 Thread mtm
enlisted guys and trigger job attys arent worried about being put on trial...as much as it pains me to say it.. if youre doing nothing wrong.. On Jul 2, 2013 1:42 AM, Jeffrey Walton noloa...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 8:33 PM, mtm marctmil...@gmail.com wrote: as a spartan of

[cryptography] Is the NSA now a civilian intelligence agency? (Was: Re: Snowden: Fabricating Digital Keys?)

2013-06-30 Thread ianG
On 29/06/13 13:23 PM, Jacob Appelbaum wrote: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/17/edward-snowden-nsa-files-whistleblower One of the most interesting things to fall out of this entire ordeal is that we now have a new threat model that regular users will not merely dismiss as paranoid.

Re: [cryptography] Is the NSA now a civilian intelligence agency? (Was: Re: Snowden: Fabricating Digital Keys?)

2013-06-30 Thread Adam Back
Fully agree. I suspect the released figures showing a spike in FBI wire-taps may be cover/laundry and indicative of receiving domestic targetted crime tips from NSA. Another vector: the UK GCHQ have reportedly on their list of authorized spying motivations economic well being. That translates

Re: [cryptography] Is the NSA now a civilian intelligence agency? (Was: Re: Snowden: Fabricating Digital Keys?)

2013-06-30 Thread Ethan Heilman
The way I read that (and combined with the overall disclosures that they are basically collecting everything they can get their hands on) the NSA has now been de-militarised, or civilianised if you prefer that term. In the sense that, information regarding criminal activity is now being shared

Re: [cryptography] Is the NSA now a civilian intelligence agency? (Was: Re: Snowden: Fabricating Digital Keys?)

2013-06-30 Thread Jacob Appelbaum
Ethan Heilman: The way I read that (and combined with the overall disclosures that they are basically collecting everything they can get their hands on) the NSA has now been de-militarised, or civilianised if you prefer that term. In the sense that, information regarding criminal activity is