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Bush cyberczar: NSA created ‘the potential for a police state’Published time: February 25, 2014 19:02
Former chief counter-terrorism adviser on the US National Security Council Richard Clarke (Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP)
The former cyber advisor under President George W. Bush had some harsh words for the United States National Security Agency during an address in California on Monday:
"get out of the business of fucking with encryption standards.”That was the recommendation that famed cyberczar Richard Clarke made while speaking earlier this week at the at the Cloud Security Alliance summit in San Francisco.
Clarke, 63, served as a counterterrorism advisor for President Bill Clinton in the 1990s and later assisted his successor, Mr. Bush, as the special advisor on cybersecurity for that administration through 2003. Most recently, though, Clarke was assigned to a five-person panel assembled by Pres. Obama late last year that was tasked with assessing the NSA’s operations in the midst of ongoing and ever-damaging leaks disclosed by former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden. In December, that group suggested 46 changes for the Obama administration to consider in order rein in the secretive spy agency.
Speaking during Monday’s conference, however, Clarke opened up about some of the more personal suggestions he has for the NSA, and even some insight about what the future may have in store for the agency if they continue to collect intelligence from seemingly all corners of the Earth.
"In terms of collecting intelligence, they are very good. Far better than you could imagine," Clarke said.
"But they have created, with the growth of technologies, the potential for a police state." Read more:
http://rt.com/usa/clarke-summit-encryption-standards-711/
