my favorite meme of all time in regards to us anons..
Pole dancer girlfriend of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden 'barely holding on' after he left her without warning
Jonathan Mills, of Laurel, Maryland, has said his daughter is too distraught to even speak with him on the phone
Lindsay Mills dated Edward Snowden for five years and lived with him at apartment in Hawaii
Snowden is on the run after leaking classified NSA documents to the press
Snowden girlfriend POPPA
'My world has opened and closed all at once. Leaving me lost at sea without a compass,' Lindsay Mills writes about being suddenly left by NSA whistle blower Ed Snowden. Mills describes spending time with her mystery man, who clearly resembles Snowden
The pair are cooking together in Moscow in the film CitizenFour
Google’s Schmidt on NSA, China, North Korea
Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt bristled at reports that the U.S. government allegedly spied on the company’s data centers, saying such an act is “outrageous” and could be a breach of the law if proven true.
“It’s really outrageous that the national security agency was looking between the Google data centers if that’s true. The steps that the organization was willing to do without good judgment to pursue its mission and potentially violate people’s privacy, it’s not okay,” Mr. Schmidt told The Wall Street Journal in an interview in Hong Kong. “The Snowden’s revelations have assisted us in understanding that it’s perfectly possible that there are more revelations to come.”
Mr. Schmidt said Google has registered complaints with the NSA as well as U.S. President Barack Obama and members of the U.S. Congress.
“The NSA allegedly collected the phone records of 320 million people in order to identify roughly 300 people who might be at risk. It’s just bad public policy…and perhaps illegal,” he said.
The NSA when contacted Monday, referred to its statement last week that said recent press articles about the NSA’s collection have misstated facts and mischaracterized the NSA’s activities.
“NSA conducts all of its activities in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and policies – and assertions to the contrary do a grave disservice to the nation, its allies and partners, and the men and women who make up the National Security Agency,” it said in a statement last week.
Mr. Schmidt also said that the company is in no hurry to expand in China given censorship.
https:// blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/11/04/googles-schmidt-on-nsa-china-and-north-korea/
A Chinese company that once made computer accessories is seeking to rival International Business Machines as a top provider of big-ticket computer servers in China. Its strategy, in part? Bring up Edward Snowden. As the WSJ’s Eva Dou reports:
Inspur Group Co. is using Chinese worries about U.S. gear as part of its effort to take market share from IBM, Hewlett-Packard and other foreign rivals. U.S. technology companies fell under a cloud in China last year after the former U.S. National Security Agency contractor disclosed that the U.S. government was collecting sensitive data from American companies.
Inspur Chairman Sun Pishu, a member of the country’s legislature, proposed measures this year to review critical technology purchases and accelerate the shift toward homegrown gear. The company unveiled a marketing program called I2I—IBM to Inspur—aimed at convincing businesses to switch from Big Blue.
Since the NSA controversy began, Inspur, which started out in the 1960s making computer accessories in China’s northeast Shandong province, has seen domestic server sales soar. It overtook Dell Inc., China’s Huawei Technologies Co. and H-P in the first quarter to top China’s charts for server shipments, according to data from researcher Gartner.
The boom in China has also lifted Inspur to the No. 5 spot globally. U.S. vendors Dell, H-P and IBM all saw market-share declines in China and globally during the same period.
A spokesman for Dell declined to comment. Representatives at IBM and H-P didn’t respond to a request for comment.
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Inspur’s rapid growth showcases the successes and challenges for Beijing’s long-running push to shed its dependence on the likes of IBM, Oracle Corp., Cisco Systems Inc. and other Western companies for high-tech equipment. China eventually hopes to replace Western equipment running the critical functions in major state-run banks and other government-controlled companies, though experts say that day is far off.
https:// blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/07/30/edward-snowden-is-good-business-for-this-chinese-ibm-rival/