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Fed contractor, cell phone maker sold spy system to Iran
Washington Times ^ | April 13, 2009 | Eli Lake

Posted on 06/21/2009 5:50:53 PM PDT by PapaBear3625

Two European companies — a major contractor to the U.S. government and a top cell-phone equipment maker — last year installed an electronic surveillance system for Iran that human rights advocates and intelligence experts say can help Iran target dissidents.

Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN), a joint venture between the Finnish cell-phone giant Nokia and German powerhouse Siemens, delivered what is known as a monitoring center to Irantelecom, Iran's state-owned telephone company.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Germany; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: calea; citizenprofiling; dhs; finland; iran; nokia; sanctions; siemens; surveillance; telecom
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The system sold to Iran is able to archive and cross-check cell phone traffic, including text messaging. This is how they're able to spot important rebels.
1 posted on 06/21/2009 5:50:53 PM PDT by PapaBear3625
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ping


2 posted on 06/21/2009 5:51:56 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money -- Thatcher)
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Disgusting.

I will write siemens and Nokia. let them know I will never buy another one of their products.

Just like US companies that sold to Hitler.
I can’t remember which ones.


3 posted on 06/21/2009 5:53:16 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (Pray for Israel!)
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To: PapaBear3625

Big Brother is watching you.


4 posted on 06/21/2009 5:55:27 PM PDT by FreeSouthernAmerican (All we ask is to be let alone----Jefferson Davis)
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie

http://www.ranknfile-ue.org/uen_nastybiz.html


5 posted on 06/21/2009 5:56:46 PM PDT by wally_bert (My doctor says that I have a malformed public-duty gland and a natural deficiency in moral fibre)
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To: PapaBear3625

I am really surprised. It is usually the French who sell such systems to dictators.


6 posted on 06/21/2009 6:00:34 PM PDT by Melchior
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To: PapaBear3625

This is not news.
And Siemans has been doing business with Iran for yrs.


7 posted on 06/21/2009 6:01:59 PM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: wally_bert

thanks. great link.


8 posted on 06/21/2009 6:03:22 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (Pray for Israel!)
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Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN), a joint venture between the Finnish cell-phone giant Nokia and German powerhouse Siemens,...

Not the first time the German industrial giants opt to go where the money is.

Ovens, telecommunication equipment, what's the difference?

As for the Finns, I have no explanation. Certainly they should know better.

9 posted on 06/21/2009 6:10:00 PM PDT by Publius6961 (Change is not a plan; Hope is not a strategy.)
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To: PapaBear3625

http://www.google.com/search?q=siemens+nazi+germany


10 posted on 06/21/2009 6:11:11 PM PDT by angkor
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To: PapaBear3625
The Beijing Airport has voiceprint recognition.

So for instance, if a spy on your religious organization doesn't know who you are, but captures your voice at a church meeting, you will be flagged and captured if you talk to the customs officer.

11 posted on 06/21/2009 6:44:52 PM PDT by ikka (Brother, you asked for it!)
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Just like US companies that sold to Hitler. I can’t remember which ones.

IBM sold punch card machines to Nazi, used to tabulate the movement of Jewish prisoners.

12 posted on 06/21/2009 6:45:30 PM PDT by Spirochete (Texas is an anagram for Taxes)
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-- The system sold to Iran is able to archive and cross-check cell phone traffic, including text messaging. This is how they're able to spot important rebels. --

I bet the systems the US government has and operates in the US are vastly superior at this task.

13 posted on 06/21/2009 6:48:42 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie

Nokia

http://www.nokia.com/about-nokia/contacts

Siemens

http://www.usa.siemens.com/en/contact.php


14 posted on 06/21/2009 6:58:57 PM PDT by kcvl
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Nokia ans Siemens must be proud. I’m sure they’ll use it in their next ads.


15 posted on 06/21/2009 7:03:21 PM PDT by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it! FairTaxNation.com)
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To: PapaBear3625
This isn't new.


16 posted on 06/21/2009 7:26:00 PM PDT by Costumed Vigilante
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“can help Iran target dissidents”.
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Why spend the money on this system when they can just look out the window? All the dissidents they can handle are right outside the door.


17 posted on 06/21/2009 8:08:03 PM PDT by Martel1971
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To: Costumed Vigilante

Chilling read.

Considering the potential nefarious uses of the privacy-invasive data collected in the American Community Surveys plus the questions on the upcoming census; not to mention the current administration seizing control of the administration of said census, it is likely to happen again.

Be vigilant.


18 posted on 06/21/2009 8:13:21 PM PDT by hughesm1 (Congress...opposite of progress.)
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To: PapaBear3625

Well this sure explains my crappy Umniah cell phone service.


19 posted on 06/21/2009 8:20:44 PM PDT by Justa
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To: PapaBear3625

Not a problem if we or the Israelis can get the password to the backdoor.


20 posted on 06/21/2009 8:46:26 PM PDT by meatloaf (Obama, Obozo ... what's the difference?)
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