orange juche posted:

Cool, Grover's name is gone from the OP.

Also haha, people are claiming that the flight data recorder was sabotaged. HAHAHA holy gently caress the gets deeper and deeper.

http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/world/2014/03/21/tsr-dnt-jones-data-recorder-blank-box-theory.cnn.html

Godholio posted:

So is Obama gonna invade Mexico now or what?

Iseeyouseemeseeyou posted:

Going to annex Canada

Snowdens Secret posted:

Defend the rights and strange indigineous language of ethnic Yoopers

Helldump Immunity. posted:

Carteret posted:

I'm a specialist and have a say in what I do with my life.

quote:

Russian forces gathering on the border with eastern Ukraine may be poised to invade, the White House warned on Sunday, as the government in Kiev said that the prospect of war with Moscow was continuing to grow after the annexation of Crimea.

Speaking after Nato’s top commander in Europe voiced alarm about the size and preparedness of the Russian troop buildup, President Barack Obama’s deputy national security adviser, Tony Blinken, said President Vladimir Putin may indeed be readying further action.

“It’s deeply concerning to see the Russian troop buildup on the border,” Blinken told CNN. “It creates the potential for incidents, for instability. It’s likely that what they’re trying to do is intimidate the Ukrainians. It’s possible that they’re preparing to move in.”

quote:

In Washington, a top White House aide said it’s possible that Russia could invade eastern Ukraine.

Deputy National Security Advisor Tony Blinken told CNN’s “State of the Union” program that Russia seems to be trying to intimidate Ukraine by massing thousands of troops along the border.

Blinken said the United States is looking at providing military assistance to Ukraine.

However, he said “it’s very unlikely to change Russia’s calculus and prevent an invasion.”

Helldump Immunity. posted:

quote:

The American government conducted a major intelligence offensive against China, with targets including the Chinese government and networking company Huawei, according to documents from former NSA worker Edward Snowden that have been viewed by SPIEGEL and the New York Times. Among the American intelligence service's targets were former Chinese President Hu Jintao, the Chinese Trade Ministry, banks, as well as telecommunications companies.
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According to a top secret NSA presentation, NSA workers not only succeeded in accessing the email archive, but also the secret source code of individual Huwaei products. Software source code is the holy grail of computer companies. Because Huawei directed all mail traffic from its employees through a central office in Shenzhen, where the NSA had infiltrated the network, the Americans were able to read a large share of the email sent by company workers beginning in January 2009, including messages from company CEO Ren Zhengfei and Chairwoman Sun Yafang.

"We currently have good access and so much data that we don't know what to do with it," states one internal document. As justification for targeting the company, an NSA document claims that "many of our targets communicate over Huawei produced products, we want to make sure that we know how to exploit these products." The agency also states concern that "Huawei's widespread infrastructure will provide the PRC (People's Republic of China) with SIGINT capabilities." SIGINT is agency jargon for signals intelligence. The documents do not state whether the agency found information indicating that to be the case.
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The agency also stated in a document that "the intelligence community structures are not suited for handling issues that combine economic, counterintelligence, military influence and telecommunications infrastructure from one entity."

Helldump Immunity. posted:

Snowdens Secret posted:

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/nsa-spied-on-chinese-government-and-networking-firm-huawei-a-960199.html


Expect stink about this, but it's very literally what the NSA exists to do

Whip Slagcheek posted:

Omg we're spying on our enemies.

Casimir Radon posted:

What are the odds of Snowden pulling a David Carradine?

powerful weedlock posted:

Look at this idiot who doesn't want a re-enlistment bonus ever again.

Oxford Comma posted:

What are the regulations for enlisted members of the armed forces to speak on issues? Can they do it, just not in uniform?

quote:

In the Army such activity is proscribed by AR 670-1 Ch. 1-10.j.

"Wearing Army uniforms is prohibited in the following situations:
(1) In connection with the furtherance of any political or commercial interests, or when engaged in off-duty civilian employment.
(2) When participating in public speeches, interviews, picket lines, marches, rallies, or public demonstrations, except as authorized by competent authority.
(3) When attending any meeting or event that is a function of, or is sponsored by, an extremist organization.
(4) When wearing the uniform would bring discredit upon the Army.
(5) When specifically prohibited by Army regulations."

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UCMJ Article 88: “Any commissioned officer who uses contemptuous words against the President, the Vice President, Congress, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of a military department, the Secretary of Transportation, or the Governor or legislature of any State, Territory, Commonwealth, or possession in which he is on duty or present shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.”

Snowdens Secret posted:

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/nsa-spied-on-chinese-government-and-networking-firm-huawei-a-960199.html


Expect stink about this, but it's very literally what the NSA exists to do

Snowdens Secret posted:

More or less. I think you technically can't say "I'm in the army and I say kill 'em all" type stuff. Basically don't give any indication you're presenting an official or representative view unless you're specifically authorized to. You're still allowed to protest all you want as long as you're not skipping work to do it.

That's also what most private businesses have as a policy, and it's also why you're not supposed to march in a parade in uniform except for Vets an Memorial Day, which is (partly) why there was a stink about marching in gay pride parades. Needless to say, if you're junior enlisted and not General MacArthur it's not really enforced unless you're turbo stupid about it.