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Although this thread does not function under the same strict guidelines as the USPMT, it is still a general practice on TL to provide a source with an explanation on why it is relevant and what purpose it adds to the discussion. Failure to do so will result in a mod action.
oneofthem
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
April 28 2015 15:49 GMT
#2261
that's an incredibly simplistic and ignorant stance on espionage, but also irrelevant to the present issue, which is distinguishing economic espionage vs military/security espionage.

it's pretty clear that there are good reasons to believe that the NSA was involved in the latter on the matter of eurocopters and eads
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Nyxisto
Profile Joined August 2010
Germany6287 Posts
April 28 2015 15:55 GMT
#2262
why do you think economic and military espionage can even be distinguished? Woolsey admitted 15 years ago that the US uses their intelligence apparatus for economic gains.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/6/6662/1.html
oneofthem
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-04-28 15:58:54
April 28 2015 15:56 GMT
#2263
what he said was that the cia would spy to uncover illegal/unfair practices like bribing. yes, this has economic consequences but it is also a fair, legal framework level intervention and not direct stealing of IP or plans.

in contrast, airbus has actually been trained by the french government to spy on the content of trade negotiations and product technology.
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RvB
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Netherlands6271 Posts
April 28 2015 16:25 GMT
#2264
Source for that?
phil.ipp
Profile Joined May 2010
Austria1067 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-04-28 16:39:23
April 28 2015 16:37 GMT
#2265
oneofthem you act like you know anything about the incident. in reality you know pretty much nothing about what the NSA spied on.

so sentences like "it was justified in that incident (EADS)" implys that that was the whole thing the NSA spied on. i think you cant make that statement.

as of now we know one thing, about 40.000 "selectors" were send by NSA, these selectors were against german and european interest. thats official.

what these selectors did include we do not know,

you always talk like you know what the NSA does. Accept that not even your own fucking politicians do know what the NSA does. the head of NSA lied repeatedly when the congress asked him about what the NSA does with american data.

so just think for a minute, if the NSA lied what they did to their own people, do you really think ANYONE knows what they do to their foreign "friends" and "enemys"?
im sure that this is not even a concern to the US government.

intelligence agencys like they exist today are undermining every democracy.
there are only two options

1. your politicians know and controll every move the NSA does -> then you are the evil empire
2. your politicians only know the surface of what NSA does -> then they operating outside the law and undermining democracy

this btw does not only apply to the NSA, right now this applys to as good as all intelligence agencys in europe and america.

both options are not good.
oneofthem
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-04-28 17:11:00
April 28 2015 16:46 GMT
#2266
the eurocopter dealings with china is pretty extensively documented. time period also fits with the alleged nsa activities.

as for dsge spying plenty of public sources on it.

as far as 'pretending to know everything' about this incident, i did not. only pointing out that from what the media has reported, it seems like a narrow activity concerning EADS and eurocopter, and this is likely a security related move.
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phil.ipp
Profile Joined May 2010
Austria1067 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-04-28 17:10:46
April 28 2015 17:10 GMT
#2267
and so what?

you found an incident where spying was, in your opinion, justified, and now the topic is over for you?!

i dont think you really get what was happening, and whats the problem
WhiteDog
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France8650 Posts
April 28 2015 17:10 GMT
#2268
oneof is being a true patriot, like everytime a subject related to surveillance comes up.
"every time WhiteDog overuses the word "seriously" in a comment I can make an observation on his fragile emotional state." MoltkeWarding
oneofthem
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-04-28 17:14:06
April 28 2015 17:12 GMT
#2269
only responding to baseless antiamericanism.

as far as privacy and surveillance goes, it is my position that any reasonable position must acknowledge legitimate law enforcement and security interests
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phil.ipp
Profile Joined May 2010
Austria1067 Posts
April 28 2015 17:14 GMT
#2270
"baseless", where do you come up with that stuff, hilarious :D
oneofthem
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
April 28 2015 17:18 GMT
#2271
the worst case scenario in your own cited report is a suspicion, i.e. the capacity for economic espionage and 2000 out of 40000 selectors were against german/french interested persons.

the NSA having the capacity for espionage was never in dispute, so revelation that the NSA could have spied on european govt and corporate activity is not an actual piece of news. the specific incident cited for EADS subsidiary eurocopter is very likely a counter-espionage effort with legiitmate security justification in military technology proliferation.

i'm not seeing much ground for outrage here.
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Nyxisto
Profile Joined August 2010
Germany6287 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-04-28 17:21:01
April 28 2015 17:20 GMT
#2272
the nsa is literally 100 times bigger than the bnd, that seems a little large for counter measures
phil.ipp
Profile Joined May 2010
Austria1067 Posts
April 28 2015 17:30 GMT
#2273
from your position, as an american, you are right this is not something that should cause more outrage than what NSA normally does - which seems ok for you.

the problem here is that the NSA did not do the spying, the BND did it for the NSA, and believe it or not, i want that the BND operates inside the german law, which obviously didnt happen here.

the same as i want that the NSA operates inside the american law, which it also not did in the past, and probably not doing still.

this should concern you. agencys which are not properly controlled by your elected officials.
Makro
Profile Joined March 2011
France16890 Posts
April 28 2015 17:32 GMT
#2274
i would feel really bad being a "spy" from the BND

having to work against your own interest, damn
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oneofthem
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-04-28 17:53:00
April 28 2015 17:52 GMT
#2275
On April 29 2015 02:30 phil.ipp wrote:
from your position, as an american, you are right this is not something that should cause more outrage than what NSA normally does - which seems ok for you.

the problem here is that the NSA did not do the spying, the BND did it for the NSA, and believe it or not, i want that the BND operates inside the german law, which obviously didnt happen here.

the same as i want that the NSA operates inside the american law, which it also not did in the past, and probably not doing still.

this should concern you. agencys which are not properly controlled by your elected officials.

uh where has the nsa violated american law in this particular case?


On April 29 2015 02:20 Nyxisto wrote:
the nsa is literally 100 times bigger than the bnd, that seems a little large for counter measures


yes but the likely situation here is that the NSA is concerned with proliferation of technology from the french company towards potentially hostile entities.
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Noizhende
Profile Joined January 2012
Austria328 Posts
April 28 2015 17:57 GMT
#2276
On April 29 2015 02:52 oneofthem wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 29 2015 02:30 phil.ipp wrote:
from your position, as an american, you are right this is not something that should cause more outrage than what NSA normally does - which seems ok for you.

the problem here is that the NSA did not do the spying, the BND did it for the NSA, and believe it or not, i want that the BND operates inside the german law, which obviously didnt happen here.

the same as i want that the NSA operates inside the american law, which it also not did in the past, and probably not doing still.

this should concern you. agencys which are not properly controlled by your elected officials.

uh where has the nsa violated american law in this particular case?


Show nested quote +
On April 29 2015 02:20 Nyxisto wrote:
the nsa is literally 100 times bigger than the bnd, that seems a little large for counter measures


yes but the likely situation here is that the NSA is concerned with proliferation of technology from the french company towards potentially hostile entities.


hostile to whom?
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WhiteDog
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France8650 Posts
April 28 2015 17:58 GMT
#2277
This bullshit lol. The US is concerned about making money, and acquiring technology, whatever the meaning - like any other country in the world. It's not antiamericanism, it's just realism.
"every time WhiteDog overuses the word "seriously" in a comment I can make an observation on his fragile emotional state." MoltkeWarding
oneofthem
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-04-28 18:01:29
April 28 2015 18:00 GMT
#2278
On April 29 2015 02:58 WhiteDog wrote:
This bullshit lol. The US is concerned about making money, and acquiring technology, whatever the meaning - like any other country in the world. It's not antiamericanism, it's just realism.

but it is also true that american corporations are generally technology leaders and the u.s. is mainly concerned about fair dealing in international trade deals.

hostile to whom?

iran is an example of directly hostile regime with which EADS has had dealings in military technology. china is a potential adversary involved in the same.
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WhiteDog
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France8650 Posts
April 28 2015 18:09 GMT
#2279
On April 29 2015 03:00 oneofthem wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 29 2015 02:58 WhiteDog wrote:
This bullshit lol. The US is concerned about making money, and acquiring technology, whatever the meaning - like any other country in the world. It's not antiamericanism, it's just realism.

but it is also true that american corporations are generally technology leaders and the u.s. is mainly concerned about fair dealing in international trade deals.

Show nested quote +
hostile to whom?

iran is an example of directly hostile regime with which EADS has had dealings in military technology. china is a potential adversary involved in the same.

And you think you stay first by respecting rules and staying classy ? Come on, this is economic war. China is stealing the shit out of everyone they can, europe might do the same, and the US too. That's it. The US just got busted.
"every time WhiteDog overuses the word "seriously" in a comment I can make an observation on his fragile emotional state." MoltkeWarding
oneofthem
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-04-28 18:12:55
April 28 2015 18:12 GMT
#2280
the u.s. has maintained(so far anyway) its research and technology edge by a confluence of factors, mainly by providing the best environment for research and technology related business. yes, there has been some foreign assistance or brain drain, but these are either voluntary (as far as british technology exchange during ww2) or not involving government action.
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