And the intelligence arm of the French Defense Ministry also asserted NSA helped to install secret programs in Microsoft software. According to France’s Strategic Affairs Delegation report, “it would seem that the creation of Microsoft was largely supported, not least financially, by NSA, and that IBM was made to accept the (Microsoft) MS-DOS operating system by the same administration.” That report was published in 1999.
The French reported a “strong suspicion of a lack of security fed by insistent rumours about the existence of spy programmes on Microsoft, and by the presence of NSA personnel in Bill Gates’ development teams.” It noted the Pentagon was Microsoft’s biggest global client. MUCH MORE
Are these allegations true? When you look at the author’s biography, it does lend credence to his allegations, as this article was written by a well-respected journalist who has the credentials that should make us all look deep into these assertions and allegations - and if they are true, Americans and those abroad who use Microsoft’s operating systems are essentially allowing the government to read some of their most confidential communications.
About author:
Sherwood Ross is an American reporter who has worked for major American newspapers and magazines as well as international wire services. To comment on this article or arrange for speaking engagements: sherwoodr1@yahoo.com
Other articles and links that are germane to this issue can be found at these links, and I offer my thanks to “particle61″ on The Smirking Chimp that posted these extremely revealing series of stories:
redstateupdate.net covered the government mandate (and business compliance in building) surveillance “back doors” into all telephones and computers and the FBI software that allows instant wiretaps on these devices, see story-
Surveillance Substructure Simplifies Spying on Citizens
http://www.redstateupdate.net/full-page/fullpage-archive-118.htmlAlso covered was the recent NSA order that allows federal and local law enforcement agencies to access data from an existing network of spy satellites, see story-
Feds Can Scan Your Face From Outer Space Without Leaving a Trace
http://www.redstateupdate.net/full-page/fullpage-archive-116.htmlFor more stories about the federal government and local law enforcement keeping tabs on John Q. Public in Orange Alert America see the ‘one nation, under surveillance’ archive at-
http://www.redstateupdate.net/1-nation/surveillance.htmlThese links appear in the comment section of the article on the Smirking Chimp as posted above.
When you analyze the recent actions of our Congress, and these new allegations aimed at Microsoft, we as a nation have to question why our government has found it necessary to spy on average Americans and literally turned Science Fiction into fact as the reality of “Big Brother” watching our every move appears to be true, and even as I read the evidence and substantiation for these charges, I wonder how the United States could have lost its way and the very soul of our Democratic Republic… This is now the society we live in, and as surveillance cameras are being installed in all of our major cities, the question I have is how far will we let them go into the intrusion of our privacy and lives - and what will it take to get Americans outraged enough so they get off their complacent butts and stand-up to a government that is destroying our great country and trashing the Constitution, The Rule of Law, and our Bill of Rights. From what I can ascertain, the “civil liberties and rights” we used to enjoy are now gone, and they were disposed of without so much as a whimper from public as a whole.
William Cormier
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