Now what did this have to do with our national security?
WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency monitored the communications of other governments ahead of and during the 2009 United Nations climate negotiations in Copenhagen, Denmark, according to the latest document from whistleblower Edward Snowden.
The document, with portions marked “top secret,” indicates that the NSA was monitoring the communications of other countries ahead of the conference, and intended to continue doing so throughout the meeting. Posted on an internal NSA website on Dec. 7, 2009, the first day of the Copenhagen summit, it states that “analysts here at NSA, as well as our Second Party partners, will continue to provide policymakers with unique, timely, and valuable insights into key countries’ preparations and goals for the conference, as well as the deliberations within countries on climate change policies and negotiation strategies.”
“Second Party partners” refers to the intelligence agencies of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, with which the U.S. has an intelligence-sharing relationship. “While the outcome of the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference remains uncertain, signals intelligence will undoubtedly play a significant role in keeping our negotiators as well informed as possible throughout the 2-week event,” the document says.
The Huffington Post published the documents Wednesday night in coordination with the Danish daily newspaper Information, which worked with American journalist Laura Poitras.
Self-proclaimed Progressive Stephanie Miller feels that Snowden has done terrible damage to our country. She isn’t the only foolish Progressive who holds that view. Then again perhaps Miller and the others aren’t Progressives at all? Maybe they’re right wing provocatures? Whatever they are they should keep their mouths shut on the NSA/Snowden issue because they sound like fools and are giving Progressives a bad name.
xxxMiller and her ilk are not rightwingers, but instead are clearly Running Dog Corporatist Lackeys.
And, what does spying on other countries about their plans, strategies, etc., for climate change have to do with national security?
Everything, if our nations and our Second XXX are viewed as the globalized corporations and the One Percenters (more specifically, the Zero Dot Zero One Percenters).
That’s who brought us Obama et al, and he and his staffers –any of the NeoLibs, Progressives, whatever they call themselves who depend on pleasing the UberWealthy– know exactly where their influence and money come from.
And it’s not the likes of us who are in the lower economic quintiles or even the lower top quintile.
Oops — Second XXX should read “Second Party.”