Thursday, August 15, 2013

How Does Edward Snowden And Al Qaeda Avoid NSA Detection

Edward Snowden And Al Qaeda Both Know How To Avoid NSA Detection -- Business Insider

People who know what they're doing — like renegade National Security Agency analyst Edward Snowden and professional terrorists at Al Qaeda — find it relatively easy to avoid detection.

From the Associated Press:

Jihadist technology may now be so sophisticated and secretive, experts say, that many communications avoid detection by National Security Agency programs that were specifically designed to uncover terror plots.

And why is that?

From AP:

[Because] Al-Qaida leaders ... [use] ... a multi-layered subterfuge to pass messages from couriers to tech-savvy underlings to attackers.

... over the past decade [jihadists] have developed systems that blend encryption programs with anonymity software to hide their tracks ...

Read more ....

Update: Al-Qaeda fighters turn to secretive chat rooms and encrypted message boards to plan attacks -- AP

My Comment: An excellent review from the AP .... a report that I am sure the NSA is not happy to see being publicized.

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