May 23, 2001
Spy agency taps into undersea cable
Spy agency taps into undersea cable
For decades, the National Security Agency did most of its spying by plucking information out of thin air. With a global network of listening stations and satellites, the NSA eavesdropped on phone conversations in Saddam Hussein's bunker, snatched Soviet missile-launch secrets and once caught Brezhnev in his limousine chatting about his mistress, see also Slashdot
Posted by rshah at May 23, 2001 12:00 PM