ForbiddenKnowledgeTV
Alexandra Bruce
June 25, 2013
This is the first of the 5-part non-profit documentary film series, 'Counter-Intelligence' by the talented independent filmmaker, Scott Noble. This episode, "The Company" focuses on the history of the CIA and covert operations.
The film series has been lauded roundly by multiple CIA veterans and by college professors, alike - the latter recommending this series to become part of the coursework for classes on political science, history, sociology and cultural criticism.
"An extraordinary work by a gifted filmmaker, "Counter-Intelligence" shines sunlight into the darkest crevices of empire run amok. The film vividly exposes a monstrous and unconstitutional "deep state" in which multiple competing chains of command -- all but one illegal -- hijack government capabilities and taxpayer funds to commit crimes against humanity in our name. Anyone who cares about democracy, good government, and the future will want to watch all five segments of this remarkable film."
Robert David Steele Vivas: CIA, USMC, OSS, Earth Intelligence Network and Founder, Phi Beta Iota the Public Intelligence Blog
“A beautifully crafted and thought-provoking journey through America’s secret wars.”
Trevor Paglen
Author, The Dark Geography of the Pentagon's Secret World
"Sunshine is the best disinfectant. With Counter-Intelligence, Scott Noble is here to clean house."
Stephen Lendman
Veterans Today
"A compelling, prodigious work,"
Kathy Christison
Former CIA Officer
"A groundbreaking, much needed review of the structure and operational capability of America's intelligence bureaucracy."
Bo Filter
Author, The Cause of Wars and Aggression
"Scott Noble may have outdone himself with Counter Intelligence. The Psywar filmmaker amassed a tour de force of power elite and deep state scholars weighing in and synthesizing decades of research. From the rise of the national security state and mass proliferation of state/corporate propaganda to the normalization of constant, now remote (drone) warfare and the ongoing decay of constitutional rights, Noble lays out some of the most significant, yet oft overlooked or outright censored information about one of the most significant issues of our times– Black-Ops. Noble helps expose the real conspiracies of the powerful factually, transparently, and responsibly. It's a film that should be screening across the US, but given the nature and subject of the film, don't count on it. Share and show it far and wide. Counter-Intelligence would be an excellent addition to college classes on political science, history, sociology, or critical thinking to spark debate and discussion, utilizing what's left of our First Amendment rights while we still can."
- See more at: Police State Counter-Intelligence Part 1 - The Company
Earlier this month, reports about the NSA’s efforts to crack or otherwise circumvent the encryption protocols commonly used to securely transmit web traffic were released by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, ending up in a widely-circulated New York Times report. Those concerns aside, many have long suspected that the NSA engineered vulnerabilities in a 2006 standard allowing it to more easily break common encryption schemes, and the US federal agency responsible for recommending cybersecurity standards said that it would be reopening discussions around the contentious algorithm. As a result, network security firm RSA is telling its developers to stay away from the standard altogether.
"The dubious pseudorandom number generator is the default"
Wired reports that RSA Security is "strongly" recommending its developers stop using the algorithm (SP 800–90A Dual Ellipctic Curve Deterministic Random Bit Generation) until the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) resolves the reignited security concerns. The dubious pseudorandom number generator (PRNG) is the default in the current versions of the company’s BSAFE security libraries and other products, and RSA is currently instructing developers how to swap it out for other choices known to be free of NSA influence.
The report in question was based on new leaks describing the lengths to which the NSA went to access encrypted internet traffic. The report refers to classified NSA memos that appear to confirm six-year-old reports of NSA-engineered weaknesses in the PRNG, noting that the agency "eventually… became the sole editor" of the cryptographic standard, "aggressively" pushing it on the International Organization for Standardization.
Even if the reports are exaggerated and the NSA has no effective way to break the encryption, RSA would be loathe to risk another public relations debacle on the scale of the 2011 security breach affecting its SecurID tokens. Compounding matters, security researchers revealed last year that SecurID and other tokens could be cracked within 13 minutes regardless.
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