Gonna repeat again: Anyone reporting that NSA hacked SWIFT for CT information w/o explaining why front door not used should be ignored.
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One POSSIBLE reason you'd hack to double dip on CT? To avoid admitting to EU Qatar (whose backs figure prominently) is funding terrorism.
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One POSSIBLE non-CT reason to hack? Bc our Middle Eastern allies are corrupt kleptocrats and we like to watch where their stolen $$ ends up.
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Anyway, here is my post from Friday on SWIFT. https://www.emptywheel.net/2017/04/14/nsa-continued-double-dipping-at-swift-even-after-it-was-exposed/ …
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B/c bulk unfettered covert access enabled by hack is preferable to NSA over limited scope front door access overseen by SWIFT/Europol/EU.
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But 1) this is bulky but not clear it's bulky. It may also be seeking EastNets enhanced wisdom 2) Europol oversight over US access is shit.
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Tho I agree that NSA luvs them some bulk.
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write access?
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That only compounds the problem of "why?" What writes would be feasible that wouldn't leave more traces/problems than they solved?
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One thing President's Review Group included, inexplicably, in recs was "don't change financial account info."
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Remember too there was some funny business w/$1B of Qaddafi's money during that revolution, tho it was at Goldman.
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