This is crazy and I absolutely missed it. Thanks for posting. I find myself feeling quite naive after reading this. I had never considered what ex-NSA folks do after the agency. I figured there...
This is crazy and I absolutely missed it. Thanks for posting.
Two weeks after leaving her position as an intelligence analyst for the U.S. National Security Agency in 2014, Lori Stroud was in the Middle East working as a hacker for an Arab monarchy.
She had joined Project Raven, a clandestine team that included more than a dozen former U.S. intelligence operatives recruited to help the United Arab Emirates engage in surveillance of other governments, militants and human rights activists critical of the monarchy.
Stroud and her team, working from a converted mansion in Abu Dhabi known internally as “the Villa,” would use methods learned from a decade in the U.S intelligence community to help the UAE hack into the phones and computers of its enemies.
I find myself feeling quite naive after reading this. I had never considered what ex-NSA folks do after the agency. I figured there was some clause in their contract that prevented this type of thing.
When it comes to SA I don't think a clause would do any difference. Having seen how they operate for so many years I think just working for them would end up being illegal at some point anyways.
I figured there was some clause in their contract that prevented this type of thing.
When it comes to SA I don't think a clause would do any difference. Having seen how they operate for so many years I think just working for them would end up being illegal at some point anyways.
I guess the ability of humans to rationalize never ceases to amaze me. "I'm just doing straightforward intelligence work and stopping terrorists, even if human rights are violated. But -not...
I guess the ability of humans to rationalize never ceases to amaze me. "I'm just doing straightforward intelligence work and stopping terrorists, even if human rights are violated. But -not Americans, waah!".
Seriously. I've only just started reading the article and this blew my mind: This person seems to genuinely believe in their own moral code, but the colour of someone's passport matters more to...
Seriously. I've only just started reading the article and this blew my mind:
Before long, Stroud and other Americans involved in the effort say they saw the mission cross a red line: targeting fellow Americans for surveillance.
“I am working for a foreign intelligence agency who is targeting U.S. persons,” she told Reuters. “I am officially the bad kind of spy.”
This person seems to genuinely believe in their own moral code, but the colour of someone's passport matters more to them than the actual actions being taken.
This is crazy and I absolutely missed it. Thanks for posting.
I find myself feeling quite naive after reading this. I had never considered what ex-NSA folks do after the agency. I figured there was some clause in their contract that prevented this type of thing.
When it comes to SA I don't think a clause would do any difference. Having seen how they operate for so many years I think just working for them would end up being illegal at some point anyways.
I guess the ability of humans to rationalize never ceases to amaze me. "I'm just doing straightforward intelligence work and stopping terrorists, even if human rights are violated. But -not Americans, waah!".
Seriously. I've only just started reading the article and this blew my mind:
This person seems to genuinely believe in their own moral code, but the colour of someone's passport matters more to them than the actual actions being taken.