2:14 a.m. Eastern Time, August 29th, maybe we still have time...
Posted on 06/15/2013 7:17:32 PM PDT by xzins
Edited on 06/16/2013 5:17:55 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
George Orwell was right. He was just 30 years early.
In its April cover story, Wired has an exclusive report on the NSA's Utah Data Center, which is a must read for anyone who believes any privacy is still a possibility in the United States: [mod note, Wired content is not allowed on FR]
Sorry, I replied to the second comment rather than the article itself and therefore you didn’t ge a ping.
2:14 a.m. Eastern Time, August 29th, maybe we still have time...
http://www.hatch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/releases?ID=5d4b834f-1b78-be3e-e0b1-b01c0bd451ff
As the longest-serving member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Hatch began working on bringing the Data Center to Utah in 2007. He held several conversations with seniors members of the Intelligence Community, and in 2008, Camp Williams was selected over 37 other sites as the location for the new Data Center. Hatch has continued to work with congressional committees to ensure the Data Center was fully authorized, and helped scale regulatory obstacles as well.
In September 2010, the Army Corps of Engineers awarded a construction contract to a consortium which includes the Big-D Construction Corporation in Salt Lake City.
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/50999978-76/utah-center-construction-national.html.csp
Center to build Utah’s economy, patriotic reputation
Salt Lake Tribune, The (UT) - Thursday, January 6, 2011
Author: Mike Gorrell The Salt Lake Tribune
Camp Williams - The creation of up to 10,000 construction jobs alone makes the Utah Data Center a great project for the state.
But speakers at Thursday’s ground-breaking ceremony for the $1.5 billion facility emphasized that economic benefits aside, the center solidifies Utah’s position as a leading defender of the American way of life.
“The threat posed by computer hackers is very real and growing,” Sen. Orrin Hatch , R-Utah, told more than 200 participants at the event commemorating the start of construction on the computerized center that will help U.S. intelligence agencies combat “cybersecurity” threats.
“This country defends itself against cyberattacks every day. It’s an arena where we need to defend ourselves,” he added. “This center will support the effort to better understand that threat.”
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http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/01/12/cyber.defense.center/index.html
(January 12, 2011)
The NSA will take the lead at the center, assisting the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies in protecting cyber networks.
Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, lobbied to get the center in his home state.
“The data center will be part of our expanding efforts to defend our Department of Defense computer systems from cyber attack and will also play a key role in helping Homeland Security keep our government’s civilian computer systems safe,” he said.
The new facility will give the NSA much needed computing and data storage space. A huge amount of cyber work is already done at NSA headquarters in Fort Meade, Maryland, and the Utah center will balance the load across the power grid.
“There are limits on the load,” one congressional official explained. “You can’t simultaneously run 12 showers in your home.”
Hatch said the 1 million-square-foot facility will have 100 to 200 full-time employees with expertise in information technology and electrical and mechanical engineering.
And yet, they couldn’t prevent the Boston bombings.
Isn't there a nuclear power plant in Catawissa too?
Ping
Continuing outrage bump!
Me 2
(Unless it has a convention center for the IRS...)
“This spying on citizens goes back to the CIA at it’s outset.
It’s been steadily increasing all along, both under Dem and Repub administrations.
George H W Bush is new world order extraordinaire.
Electing a Republican to replace Obama will do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to change the track America is on.”
You are right on! GHWB was in it from the beginning. He is still calling shots. We do not have anyone that I know of who is ready to change things.
That means, we will soon be where this country was in 1776...if we know history, we know the solution. There were only 3% of the people behind what happened then...I believe we have more now...it is time...
Yep, the hilarious part was looking at satellite dishes and hearing Morse in the background. Pretty good Morse though, obviously machine sent.
I thought Gene Hackman made the movie. He got the character he played just right IMHO.
Okay,
so like,
a Tower of Babel?
The Beast to be feared ?
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Indeed. 'Freedom Fighter' Americans are what they're after. Developing their FEMA camp lists, or perhaps just all-out death camps for anyone who doesn't "COMPLY". It'll be interesting to see what happens to those who refuse to "COMPLY" with 0bamacare.
there s bad govt policy and then there's bad govt policy in the hands of evil communists....
Pubs generally do not go after their opposition thru devious means....
And yet they couldn’t stop Nidal Hassan, despite obvious signs of his radicalization!
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