Two Takes Balanced

NSA hacked Mexican President

via Spiegel
1 min read
Oct 20, 2013
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TECHi's Analysis

9 words

Nobody is safe in NSA’s reign of terror.

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Spiegel's Report

77 words

The National Security Agency (NSA) has a division for particularly difficult missions. Called “Tailored Access Operations” (TAO), this department devises special methods for special targets.

That category includes surveillance of neighboring Mexico, and in May 2010, the division reported its mission accomplished. A report classified as “top secret” said: “TAO successfully exploited a key mail server in the Mexican Presidencia domain within the Mexican Presidential network to gain first-ever access to President Felipe Calderon’s public email account.”

TECHi's Verdict: Balanced

TECHi weighs both sides before reaching a conclusion.

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