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USA: SURVEILLANCE: The US Government’s Secret Plans to Spy for American Corporations

09 September 2014

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"Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, for instance, responded.... “It is not a secret that the Intelligence Community collects information about economic and financial matters…. What we do not do, as we have said many times, is use our foreign intelligence capabilities to steal the trade secrets of foreign companies on behalf of - or give intelligence we collect to - U.S. companies to enhance their international competitiveness or increase their bottom line....

But a secret 2009 report issued by Clapper’s own office explicitly contemplates doing exactly that. The document, the 2009 Quadrennial Intelligence Community Review—provided by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden—is a fascinating window into the mindset of America’s spies as they identify future threats to the U.S. and lay out the actions the U.S. intelligence community should take in response.”

See the article: The US Government’s Secret Plans to Spy for American Corporations (The Intercept, link)

See: Intelligence Community Review Final Report 2009 (pdf)

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