Business Insider: How the NSA tells the president what foreign governments are going to do before they do it
A leaked document from an internal NSA newsletter published Wednesday offers a look at how the US spy agency is able to tell the president what a foreign government is going to do ahead of time.
The document — which was leaked by Edward Snowden and published by The Intercept — details numerous examples in which signals intelligence has been used to notify the White House of significant events. Though the newsletter was dated February 2004, it's likely that the NSA has done similar work under President Barack Obama.
According to the newsletter, these were some of the NSA's most "profound contributions" to the Bush administration:
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WNU Editor: This is the reason why the NSA's powers and capabilities will never be really restricted by the political powers in Washington.
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I am still doubtful of Edward Snowden. This guy could be "honest" on his belief, but....he had access of what NSA want to give him access. For me that's the hugest "intoxication" program done by the intel community. And Putin didn't let him out of the Moscow airport for a long time for this good reason. Putin is a professional of intel and know "the music".
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