A Chinese think-tank specializing in
Internet technology released a report on Monday that claims U.S. President
Obama and his spy agencies are taking
advantage...
If
the Chinese had their way, President Obama would be arrested on espionage
charges.courtesy of News with Views/Paul Walter
May
26, 2014
AChinese
think-tank specializing in Internet technology released a report on
Monday that claims U.S. President Barack Obama and his spy agencies are taking
advantage of their advanced military technology to spy on other countries with
no regard to whether they are friend or foe.
China's
Internet Media Research Center slammed Washington for allegedly conducting a
far-reaching secret surveillance program that targets governments and government
leaders throughout the world. The Chinese group alleges that the spy operations
in many cases has nothing to do with terrorism or warfare in Afghanistan
"[PRISM
and other spy operations] demonstrate that the [Obama Administration] has
mounted the most wide-ranging, costly, long-term surveillance operation in the
history of the Internet," the Chinese
report states.
Besides
leaders in countries such as Germany, Brazil, and many others, the Chinese
think-tank alleges that the U.S. secret spy program also monitors
ordinary people throughout the world, which was proven by documents leaked by
NSA contractor Edward Snowden now residing in Russia.
Snowden
claims that the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) collects information on
close to five-billion cellular telephone calls and another two-billion text
messages sent every day.
The
Chinese also accused the NSA of using high-tech, spy software in
tens-of-thousands of computers worldwide since Obama's election as president.
What shocked people who were following the spy story was the accusation that the
NSA could "access and control these computers using radio waves even if they are
not connected to a network."
Monday's
report from the Chinese think-tank addresses the fact that the exposure of PRISM
brought worldwide comdemnation of the U.S. as well as calls for the NSA program
to be eliminated.
"America
must provide explanations for its surveillance activities, cease spying
operations that seriously infringe upon human rights, and refrain from causing
stress and antagonism in global cyber space,"
the report
read.
"This
report is a definite case of 'the pot calling the kettle black.' For years the
Chinese government and its businesses have been spying on the United States,
Great Britain, Japan and other industrialized nations as reported in
publications such as the Examiner,"
said corporate security expert Nicholas Menchen.
"It's
getting to the point where this world no longer has secrets," Menchen added.
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Donald Hank comment: Tit for tat. The US government just accused China of allowing hackers to hack US corporations and allegedly steal secrets. This came about a day after China and Russia signed a 30 year gas supply deal for around $400 billion.
ReplyDeleteIn other words, economic sanctions didn't pan out against Russia so they went after China for their role in the deal. The next day thugs in Xinjiang Province, where American NGOs have been conducting subversive activities for years, bombed a public place.
The US and EU covered their tracks by condemining the terrorist act.
It was China's move. This came in today.
Don