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November 2015 Paris Attacks
In
the wake of the Paris terrorist attacks, top U.S. officials are calling for
access to encryption information on smartphones; thus far there has been no
evidence that the terrorists’ communications were encrypted. In a blatant
attempt to exploit the Paris attacks, the FBI and NSA reiterated their defense
of mass surveillance and dismissed those who challenged it. They also used the
occasion to demonize Edward Snowden ignoring the fact that Snowden never
released any sensitive data directly to the general public but routed it to
major media organizations for proper vetting prior to publication.
This
is, in large part, an effort by the Intelligence Agencies to deflect the
growing criticism of their abysmal record of preventing terrorist attacks and
manufacturing false threats dating back to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. In spite
of receiving billions to support their activities, the bogus claims of WMD’s in
Iraq foisted on a largely skeptical public, contributed mightily to the
destabilization of the whole Middle East. The decision by Paul Bremer, the head
of the Coalition Provisional Authority, to dismiss elite Baathist soldiers
aligned with Saddam Hussein, was a monumental blunder which gave rise to ISIS.
With its tentacles speading far and wide, the CIA failed to detect the 2002 bombing of the nightclub in Bali,
the 2004, 2005 attacks on the trains in Madrid and London, the 2008 mass
shooting spree in Mumbai, the April 2013 attack on the Boston Marathon and more
recently the terrorist attacks in Paris and Mali.
Terrorists have known for decades that the
U.S. government is trying to read their emails and listen to their telephone
calls and have used sophisticated encryption. As far back as February, 2001,
before the 9/11 attack, the FBI warned Osama
bin Laden and al-Qaeda were using extremely sophisticated encryption in order
to prevent us from listening to their conversations. For more go to, http://callforsocialjustice.blogspot.com/
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