[liberationtech] Hayden on 'Internet Freedom' as State Dept. Money Laundering Against US Security Interests

[Collin Anderson]

Libtech,

A friend passed along little noticed comments by Gen. Hayden in June, which
I would suggest are the most direct elaboration on the differences between
the American security apparatus and piracy development efforts. The actual
interview is long, but there is one statement in particular that would
serve everyone to read and share wherein Hayden speaks openly on the
intelligence services trying to crack anonymity and criticizes Clinton for
supporting such projects.

Rough Transcript:

*"We need to pull the rest of American thinking into this in a relevant
way.  Secretary Clinton gave two speeches on cyber stuff while she was
secretary.  And if you're you know you think of the world as security and
liberty she broke left literally both times in both of her speeches she
came down on on cyber freedom.  Society at the same time cyber communities
out there are trying to crack the nut on anonymity on the net because you
realize that's the root of many many dangers out there as cyber communities
just chugging away at that. The secretary of state is laundering money
through NGOs to populate software throughout the Arab world to prevent the
people in the Arab street from being tracked by their government.  Alright
so on the one hand we're fighting anonymity on the other hand we're
chucking products out there to protect anonymity on the net."*


Video: http://youtu.be/9lizGN981Rw
Link: http://b.averysmallbird.com/entries/hayden-comments

Cordially,
Collin
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*Collin David Anderson*
averysmallbird.com | @cda | Washington, D.C.
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