Re: [privacy] Google Actively Aiding Intelligence Agencies?

[rms () computerbytesman com]

Who would have thunk.  The spooks are using Google, Google Groups, Google
Earth, and GMail just like the rest of us.  Oh wait a minute, they get to
use Google search engine to search the Google server logs.  Which URL is
this feature available at?  Perhaps spooks.google.com. ;-)

Richard


> Hey, I'm just the messenger... :-)
>
> Via ARS Technica.
>
> [snip]
>
> Former intelligence officer Robert David Steele recently appeared on
> the Alex Jones show to make the provocative claim that Google is
> currently cooperating with secret elements in the US government,
> including the CIA.
>
> Steele, who now runs OSS.net and is a proponent of open source
> intelligence, said that "Google has made a very important strategic
> mistake in dealing with the secret elements of the U.S. government—that
> is a huge mistake and I'm hoping they'll work their way out of it and
> basically cut that relationship off." In his view, Google's attempt
> earlier this year to avoid turning over information to the Department
> of Justice was little more than a hypocritical charade.
>
> [snip]
>
> More:
> http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061030-8105.html
>
> - ferg
>
>
> --
> "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
>  Engineering Architecture for the Internet
>  fergdawg(at)netzero.net
>  ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/
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