Stolen Software & The Birth of U.S. Surveillance

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history of surveillance. Let's go back to it. 50s and 70s, the CIA begins experimenting with mass data collection and surveillance. During the Vietnam War, laying the groundwork for future domestic applications of military tools. 1980s, there's this company called Promise comes out with the software.

It's so great the government decides to buy it and then boom, they bankrupt the business, but they take the technology. The software was developed by Insaw and under DOJ contract, stolen by the US and Israeli intelligence. Very interesting. What do you mean stolen by the US and you know, Israeli intelligence? Promise became the prototype for surveillance systems tracking individuals globally during the Reagan era including Oliver Nord developed main core keep that name main court it's going to come back up again in a minute a classified database of American labeled as potential dissident intended for use during continuity of government emergencies cog John Po Dexter again remember that name Reagan's national security adviser is convicted for his role in the Iran contra affair later on he was overturned on appeal he was good to go but this in 1990. Now 2001, 9/11 and the surveillance state expansion.

Main core is reportedly accessed by the White House. Main Corps 2011, Main Corps 80s, Reagan era Oliver North. Think about how many years later, 20 plus years later, give or take 15 plus years later, this comes back up. Then DARPA launches total information awareness TI under who? John Poindexer to build an allseen surveillance system. CIA CIO Alan Wade supports TIA introducing concepts like selective revelation and audit trails for privacy shielding.

Okay. So, they've been trying to do this for a long