NSA revealed in the May 1979 issue of Omni magazine

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The NSA, ten limes the size of the CIA,

used gianl computers to scan almost every

telegraph, teletype, and Telex message

sent through American borders. For several

years, these computers automatically

searched for keywords such as "missile,"

"China," and "assassinate." Messages

containing keywords were recorded, and

human operatives alerted. Illegal snooping

on so vast a scale is impossible without



computers.


The Cybernetic War emphasizes hardware

and information, rather than soldiers

and civilians. Superpowers routinely monitor

one another's radar, microwave, and

radio transmissions. Satellites eavesdrop,

satellites snap clandestine telescopic photographs

in ultraviolet and infrared, satellites

with nuclear- powered radar probe the

seas for submarines. This global flow of

military data is coordinated by computer.

The public knows little oi the Cybernetic

War. New services present isolated iacts,

dif iicull to interpret out of context.



The more things change, they more they stay the same.

Looks like the foil hatters get kudos yet again.