US vows to help #Philippines in intel gathering
/ oldest US ally in Asia
no specifics re support
see Territorial dispute
South China Sea #China claim
Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei + Taiwan have overlapping claims
http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2015/08/26/1492532/us-vows-help-philippines-intel-gathering
MacDonald, Dettwiler & Associates Lttd /MDA
CA$3.9 million contract with National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
http://softwaredev.itbusinessnet.com/article/MDA-to-provide-operational-enhancements-for-information-solution-to-support-flight-operations-at-airports-4038599
other
MacDonald, Dettwiler & Associates Lttd /MDA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacDonald,_Dettwiler_and_Associates
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
combat support agency, under USA DOD
& intelligence agency US intel comm
GEOINT
NGA credited by WH military officials
for providing info re Op Neptune's Spear 2011 / bin Laden
#Serbia
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
cause of #NATO Bombing of Chinese embassy in Belgrade
/ CIA argues otherwise.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Geospatial-Intelligence_Agency
USA military - DRONES
Spent last decade amassing over 7,000 surveillance drones
/ some size of birds / others as big as as jetliners
Drone technology
= USA spy planes will be phased out starting in 2018
Without US ground troops in Iraq and Syria,
#USA commanders rely on airborne #surveillance more than ever before
Iraq war
- USA had plenty fighter pilots
- low on aerial surveillance re what happening ground
/ long distance pilots on amphetamine paste
Over decades, U-2 spy plane
claimed lives of 30 pilots
/ many have nearly crashed after suffering decompression sickness
Russia
U-2 spy plane
shot down over Soviet Union in 1960
/ capture of pilot Francis Gary Powers
/ traded for Soviet spy 1962
It is after satellites could be relied upon for remote control that drones could be used for surveillance.
US Airforce trained:
- x18 U-2 pilots trained 2014
- x57 ground-based pilots for Global Hawk (drone)
[ looks like drones are the go ]
DRONES
= cost about half what the U-2 spy planes cost per flying hour to operate
Global Hawk
= drone
http://www.latimes.com/nation/great-reads/la-na-c1-spy-plane-pilot-20150826-story.html
Potomac Advocates (PRASAM)
PRASAM, intel community's 'official' lobbyist
grabbed lion’s share of USG lobbying 4 intel community
/subsription
http://www.intelligenceonline.com/government-intelligence/due-diligence/2015/08/26/prasam-intelligence-community-s--official--lobbyist,108088706-ART
More
Potomac Advocates
http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/firmsum.php?id=D000036775
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc
provides war fighter solutions and security related services
engineering, Information Technology services and war fighter solutions primarily for US National Security priorities
services include command, control, communications, computing, combat systems, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (c5ISR), weapon systems lifecycle support, military weapon range and technical services, network engineering services, advanced information technology services, security and surveillance systems, and critical infrastructure design and integration services.
http://www.americantradejournal.com/kratos-defense-security-solutions-inc-short-interest-update-2/657949/
#Canada Surveillance
Police surveillance camera goes up in East Vancouver neighbourhood
/ gang violence issue
http://www.news1130.com/2015/08/25/police-surveillance-camera-goes-up-in-vancouver-neighbourhood/
#Surveillance
Windows 10 heralds a future in which the cloud rules and computers snitch on us by default
default / automatic sharing of data the new normal — from your voice & typing patterns to unique machine ID s/ track & target
#surveillance
By default, users of Mac OSX & Ubuntu Linux
transmit local search terms to respective companies + third parties
http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2015/8/when-surveillance-is-a-feature-not-a-bug.html
#AmericanAggression
masked as deterrence to 'Russian aggression'
USA send F-22 Raptors to Europe
European Reassurance Initiative
$985 million in overseas contingency operations USA funding - 2015 current fiscal year.
http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/defense/2015-08-25/us-will-send-f-22s-europe-bolster-allies-deter-russia
Understanding Indications & Warning Efforts Of US Ballistic Missile Defence – Analysis
http://www.eurasiareview.com/26082015-understanding-indications-and-warning-efforts-of-us-ballistic-missile-defense-analysis/
Surveillance / Militarised Police
#Baltimore police
Coming Storm 'Stingray' Surveillance by Police
http://www.citylab.com/crime/2015/08/youre-going-to-hear-a-lot-more-about-police-use-of-stingray/402283/
USA
Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act | CISA
concerns re proposed Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act
ie - nature and volume of private data about users being funneled to the government (and intelligence agencies) by companies who opt to participate in the information sharing scheme contemplated by the law
https://www.justsecurity.org/25475/cisa-surveillance-law-xss-attack/
USA - Surveillance Act (FISA)
electronic surveillance under Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)
fed appeals court upheld sentence
http://www.startribune.com/federal-appeals-court-upholds-women-s-prison-sentences-in-terror-case/322843851/
Military Drones Market to Reach $11 Billion by 2021 From $3 Billion in 2014
http://www.aviationpros.com/news/12106991/military-drones-market-to-reach-11-billion-by-2021-from-3-billion-in-2014
Ghostery privacy extension / Ghostrank
Ghostery privacy extension
http://www.extremetech.com/internet/212476-is-it-safe-to-use-the-ghostery-privacy-extension
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COMMENT
Random surveillance articles. Bit of a mixed bag that's thrown up some military stuff. Mostly just skimmed.
The ballistic missiles article could be interesting, as it's a bit hard to apply lessons of history to present day strategy, without knowing anything about today's military capabilities.
That might be a reading list article. Not sure I'll get there. Swamped with all the earmarked stuff I think might be a good read. Not enough time in the day for all this stuff. lol
The US proposal for companies to share info with government and spy agencies is about as totalitarian as it gets.
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