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Earlier today, WikiLeaks unleashed a cache of thousands of files it calls "Year Zero," which is part one of the release associated with "Vault 7." Since there are over 8,000 pages in this release, it will take some time for journalists to comb through the release. The Independent has highlighted six of the "biggest secrets and pieces of information yet to emerge from the huge dump" in their report.

1) The CIA has the ability to break into Android and iPhone handsets, and all kinds of computers. The U.S. intelligence agency has been involved in a concerted effort to write various kinds of malware to spy on just about every piece of electronic equipment that people use. That includes iPhones, Androids and computers running Windows, macOS and Linux.
2) Doing so would make apps like Signal, Telegram and WhatsApp entirely insecure. Encrypted messaging apps are only as secure as the devices they are used on -- if an operating system is compromised, then the messages can be read before they are encrypted and sent to the other user(s).
3) The CIA could use smart TVs to listen in on conversations that happened around them. One of the most eye-catching programs detailed in the documents is "Weeping Angel." That allows intelligence agencies to install special software that allows TVs to be turned into listening devices -- so that even when they appear to be switched off, they're actually on.
4) The agency explored hacking into cars and crashing them, allowing "nearly undetectable assassinations." Many of the documents reference tools that appear to have dangerous and unknown uses. One file, for instance, shows that the CIA was looking into ways of remotely controlling cars and vans by hacking into them.
5) The CIA hid vulnerabilities that could be used by hackers from other countries or governments. Such bugs were found in the biggest consumer electronics in the world, including phones and computers made Apple, Google and Microsoft. But those companies didn't get the chance to fix those exploits because the agency kept them secret in order to keep using them, the documents suggest.
6) More information is coming. The documents have still not been looked through entirely. There are 8,378 pages of files, some of which have already been analyzed but many of which haven't. And that's not to mention the other sets of documents that are coming. The "Year Zero" leaks are just the first in a series of "Vault 7" dumps, Julian Assange said.

Несомненно, президент Трамп быстро найдёт и накажет виновных. Хотя нет, ЦРУ же ему не подчиняется.
Каменты Эрика Шмидта тоже будут интересны.

The 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état was a covert operation carried out by the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) that deposed the democratically elected Guatemalan President Jacobo Árbenz and ended the Guatemalan Revolution. Code-named Operation PBSUCCESS, it installed the military dictatorship of Carlos Castillo Armas, the first in a series of U.S.-backed dictators who ruled Guatemala.

Начинал с песни "Hasta Siempre, Comandante" (рекомендовала tatjaana).

Оказывается, знаменитый доклад представляет дело таким образом, что лично президент Буш не был садистическим маньяком, а просто ЦРУ ему ничего не рассказывало. Интересно, как отреагирует президент Буш. Надеюсь, выступит с опровержением, что прекрасно все рассказывало.

[1] - Дураков работать в ФБР практически не осталось, поэтому приходится отменять тестирование сотрудников на наркотики.
[2] - A newly disclosed CIA policy mandates that it won't use vaccination programs as part of its operations.
[3] - Интервью с героическим хостером Сноудена, который закрыл бизнес, но не выдал пароли.

Washington (CNN) -- CIA-funded weapons have begun flowing to Syrian rebels, a U.S. official told CNN. But opposition groups say they have yet to receive any. Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday during a Google+ Hangout discussion that "many of the items that people complained were not getting to them are now getting to them." He did not elaborate on specifics.

К директорам ЦРУ, которые совершенно секретно утверждали, что Сноуден своими разоблачениями нанес непоправимый урон государственной безопасности США, добавились другие директора ЦРУ, которые совершенно секретно уточняют, что Сноуден ничего про совершенно секретные программы ЦРУ знать не мог, и что все его разоблачения - вранье.

Jeffrey Goldberg@bloomberg: Here’s a question I asked myself yesterday: Would I rather have my phone records collected and readied for possible inspection by the National Security Agency, or have my genitalia scrutinized by the Transportation Security Administration? One answer, of course, is, why choose? In today’s America you can have both.

KABUL, Afghanistan – President Hamid Karzai acknowledged on Monday that the Central Intelligence Agency has been dropping off bags of cash at his office for a decade, saying the money was used for “various purposes” and expressing gratitude to the United States for making the payments.

REUTERS.COM -- Anti-government extremists opposed to taxes and regulations pose a growing threat to local law enforcement officers in the United States, the FBI warned on Monday. These extremists, sometimes known as "sovereign citizens," believe they can live outside any type of government authority, FBI agents said at a news conference. The extremists may refuse to pay taxes, defy government environmental regulations and believe the United States went bankrupt by going off the gold standard.
Будьте осторожны, друзья мои!
(рекомендовали yba и arhiloh)

WASHINGTON (AP) — CIA Director Peon Panetta says U.S. intelligence indicates that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is on his way out.
Panetta tells Congress that his information indicates the U.S.-backed strongman could be out by Thursday night. He says there is a "high likelihood" of that. (AP) – 7 hours ago


2:23 p.m. LA Times -- Reporting from Cairo — Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak refused to step down Thursday.