NSA's Public Relations Spinmeisters

Wayne Madsen / Online Journal:
M. E. "Betsy" Harrigan penned an op-ed in the November 6, 2009, Washington Times, in which she bemoaned the fact that so many uninformed Americans believe the National Security Agency (NSA) is out to monitor their every phone call and email. Cleverly, Harrigan lumps into the ranks of the NSA "conspiracy theorists" those who believe the NSA can tap into individual's brains and read their thoughts and trigger assassins to act. If that sounds too much like Hollywood, perhaps it should be noted that Harrigan, a former deputy director of the NSA in charge of the Defense Special Missile and Astronautics Center (DEFSMAC), a joint NSA-Defense Intelligence Agency operation that is focused on warning top military and political leaders of missile, aircraft, and other hostile threats on the United States, is the author of a novel about NSA, titled "9800 Savage Road: A Novel of the National Security Agency."

Posted by Editor at November 24, 2009 01:53 AM