US inserts special cable-taps for spying during recent submarine cable cuts.

by Faisal Khan on February 25, 2008





Here is something interesting for you to think about. Many people have not heard about the ECHELON Project. The Echelon project is a global worldwide spying network that specializes on ‘signal-intelligence’ (SIGINT) as opposed to ‘human-intelligence’ (HUMINT). You can learn more about Echelon by its Wiki entry.

Also see the following articles at the end of this post.

Many of you reading this post, might be wondering okay – so what? Well, in this part of the world, a lot of traffic goes through fiber-optic cables (submarine based). Now unlike traditional radio signals, a fiber-optic signal does not ‘leak’ or radiate information. So if the US government wants to try to tap these cables – it has to cut-them and then tap them.

Of late, you will start noticing a LOT of Internet Submarine Cable cuts – coincidence? Maybe! But, think about the USS Jimmy Carter a highly advanced submarine – and what it is designed to do. Its designed to do signal-tapping, specifically fiber-optic taps. Could it just be that the USS Jimmy Carter has now placed taps into the cable systems – I can bet you your bottom dollar – that they have!

- NSA eavesdropping: How it might work
- NSA tapping undersea fibers?
- Eavesdropping 101 – What can the NSA do?
- USS Jimmy Carter – a super spy?
- USS Carter Will Be Able to Eavesdrop

By the way – the NSA which stands for National Security Agency – is commonly referred to in Washington as NSA (No Such Agency).





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