The White House Is Very Nervous About Russias New Ability To Evade NSA Spying Michael Kelley REUTERS/Peter Dejong/Poo U.S. President Barack Obama is silhouetted as he walks towards Marine One helicopter upon arriving at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol March 24, 2014. The Obama administration is very nervous about Russias recent ability to hide communications from U.S. eavesdropping equipment while commandeering Crimea and amassing troops near Ukraines border, a U.S. official told The Wall Street Journal. This is uncharted territory, the official added. The Journal reports that U.S. officials dont know how Russia hid its plans from the National Security Agency, which spies on digital and electronic communications. Russian leaders either deliberately avoided communicating about the invasion or simply found a way to do so without detection by the U.S., the Journal writes. Its also unclear if the Kremlins new camouflage is part of a larger trend that could affect Americas ability to deter Russia. All military combat operations depend on NSA contributions, Robert Caruso, a former assistant command security manager in the U.S. Navy and a consultant, told Business Insider when discussing documents potentially accessed by Edward Snowden. [The Department of Defense] depends on NSA and the Defense Information Systems Agency to secure all its networks, and others networks too. Some officials doubt that the U.S. could have done much differently as Russian special forces began a slow takeover of the strategic Black Sea peninsula, but the inability to see the developments has them concerned nonetheless. U.S. spy agencies and the military are now implementing a surge of assets to expand satellite coverage and communications-interception in the region, the Journal reports. Read more: businessinsider/russias-new-ability-to-evade-us-spying-2014-3#ixzz2xg6C1aah
Posted on: Tue, 01 Apr 2014 22:54:56 +0000
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