Computergate & The GWB43 Scandal-Within-A Scandal

[kpete]

Computergate
Those of you following the GWB43 scandal-within-a-scandal should note an important comment by G2Geek (who hints that he's in a position to know more than he can say), appended to this Daily Kos post:
There is a specific "three-letter agency" that is specifically designated to handle our nation's COMSEC (communications security) needs:

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In a nutshell, whreas NSA breaks codes, CSS makes codes.

CSS develops and promulgates cryptographic (code-making) standards and materiel. CSS is responsible for secure communications protocols. It would not surprise me if CSS is also responsible for building and maintaining a good bit of our secure communications infrastructure at the White House as well as at our various military bases and diplomatic outposts around the world.

It would also not surprise me if a good number of people at CSS were bloody pissed about the WH circumventing normal COMSEC for the sake of politics.

Thus, Congress should start talking with the folks at CSS. I'm quite sure they will have plenty to say, and will gladly say it as soon as they have received Congressional subpoenas to give them the necessary legal basis for coming forward.

http://cannonfire.blogspot.com/2007/03/css.html

[C_U_L8R]

1. God bless the geeks

the hackers and the phreaks. :-)

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

2. Other than the fact that he knows what "COMSEC" means...

...what makes you think he's "in a position to know more than he can say," because I find nothing in his posts that even vaguely hints that he's an insider in any way.

Also, he had this to say:

Got a question about Blackberries: what are they? I mean, I know what they are (sorta, kinda--never had one myself) but in com terms are they telephones or email devices?

Which makes me wonder if this COMSEC expert knows how to use Teh Googles.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

3. Oh yes...

You can bet there is no end of circumventions out there, just waiting to be plucked from the vine. You just got to find the logs and have a few good database weenies on call.