Pro-Amnesty Google and Oracle Hired to Fix Healthcare.gov

Pro-Amnesty Google and Oracle Hired to Fix Healthcare.gov

by Matthew Boyle 31 Oct 2013, 1:29 PM PDT

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/10/31/Obamacare-and-amnesty-inextricably-linked-Immigration-lobbyists-Google-and-Oracle-hired-to-fix-Healthcare-gov

President Barack Obama’s administration has reportedly hired software engineers and other tech specialists from Google and Oracle to try to fix the Obamacare website, Bloomberg News reports. Both companies are active participants in the pro-amnesty lobby, helping lobby Congress for a comprehensive immigration reform package.

Obamacare website

Obamacare is Barack Obama’s signature policy initiative.

Note: CGI Group Inc. was the contractor that developed Healthcare.gov web site for Obamacare.

Donna S. Morea was the EVP for the CGI Group Inc., and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Committee for Economic Development, and the Bloomberg Family Foundation.

William H. Gates III is a co-chair for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and a co-founder & chairman for the Microsoft Corporation.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Committee for Economic Development, the Harlem Children's Zone, and Amnesty International.

George Soros is the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and was a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone.

Nikesh Arora is a trustee at the Harlem Children's Zone, and the SVP & chief business officer at Google Inc.

Google+ is a social networking service for Google Inc.

Mark Zuckerberg was the most followed, at launch of Google+.

Michael R. Bloomberg was a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone, a donor for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is the founder of the Bloomberg Family Foundation, the New York (NY) mayor, and the founder of Bloomberg LP.

Bloomberg News is a division of Bloomberg LP.

Markle Foundation:The Task Force on Security in the Information Age

Markle Foundation:The Task Force on Security in the Information Age

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Markle_Foundation:The_Task_Force_on_Security_in_the_Information_Age

The Markle Foundation Task Force on National Security in the Information Age is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit formed in 2002 "to determine how best to make information discoverable and accessible to the right officials at the right time to enable improved decision making with regard to major security threats against our nation.

Although the Markle Foundation Task Force claims that its purpose is to advance national security by promoting greater emphasis on information-sharing within government, it has been accused of being a covert lobbying group devoted to securing the transfer of taxpayer money to private information technology corporations.

Criticism

As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, the Markle Foundation is supposedly prohibited from lobbying government officials. Nonetheless, it has been accussed of "actively and enthusiastically lobbying for more government spending on information technology. . . the increased expenditures and bureaucratic “reforms” advocated by the Markle Task Force are extremely beneficial to private contractors, which happen to be the very corporations and private interests represented in various official capacities by Task Force members and the Markle board of directors.

Markle Foundation Co-Chair Zoe Baird-- who first became famous after her nomination for President Bill Clinton's U.S. Attorney General was withdrawn amidst disclosures that she employed an illegal immigrant as a nanny and failed to pay Social Security taxes-- has also been accused of having a conflict of interest by sitting on the board of Convergys Corporation, which has a General Services Administration (GSA) contract for homeland security. . (read more here). A 2002 New York Times article also criticized Baird.

Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age

Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age is a national-security project for the Markle Foundation.

Note: R. Rand Beers is a member of the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age, and the Homeland Security under secretary for the Barack Obama administration.

Ashton B. Carter is the defense acquisitions czar for the Barack Obama administration, and a member of the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age.

Mary DeRosa was the deputy counsel to the president for national security affairs for the Barack Obama administration, and is a member of the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age.

Eric H. Holder Jr. is the attorney general for the Barack Obama administration, a member of the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age, and was a board member for the American Constitution Society.

John Gage is a member of the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age, a director at the Markle Foundation, and was a partner at the Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.

James L. Barksdale is a member of the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age, and a strategic limited partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.

Colin L. Powell is a strategic limited partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

John A. Gordon is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and a member of the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age.

Arnold Kanter is a member of the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age, and was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Judith A. Miller is a member of the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age, and a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Wesley K. Clark is a member of the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age, and a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

James B. Steinberg is a member of the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age, and a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the American Constitution Society, the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and the Center for American Progress.

Morton H. Halperin is a senior adviser for the Open Society Foundations, a member of the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age, and was a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.

George Soros was a supporter for the Center for American Progress, is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, a board member for the International Crisis Group, and the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank), Human Rights First, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), the Aspen Institute (think tank), and the International Rescue Committee.

Wesley K. Clark is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), a board member for the International Crisis Group, and was the supreme allied commander in Europe, for NATO.

Ivo H. Daalder is the U.S. permanent representative for NATO, and was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

James B. Steinberg was a director, foreign policy studies for the Brookings Institution (think tank), the deputy secretary of state for the Barack Obama administration, is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and a member of the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age.

Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Commercial Club of Chicago, Members Directory

http://commercialclubchicago.org/members/e.html

Please note: This link for the members of the Commercial Club of Chicago can no longer be found.

Robert S. Osborne is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and the EVP & general counsel for Booz Allen Hamilton.

Booz Allen Hamilton is a contractor for the National Security Agency (NSA).

Richard Wilhelm was the information warfare director for the National Security Agency (NSA), is the EVP for Booz Allen Hamilton, and a member of the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age.

Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age is a national-security project for the Markle Foundation.

Zoe Baird is the president of the Markle Foundation, a member of the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Suzanne Nora Johnson is trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a director at the Markle Foundation.

Harold H. Koh was a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a director at Human Rights First, the State Department legal adviser for the Barack Obama administration, and his brother is Howard K. Koh.

Lewis B. Kaden is a director at Human Rights First, and a director at the Markle Foundation.

Howard K. Koh is Harold H. Koh’s brother, and is the assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for the Barack Obama administration.

Margaret A. Hamburg was the assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the commissioner for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, a member of the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age, and the VP for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Jessica Tuchman Mathews is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Ed Griffin’s interview with Norman Dodd in 1982

(The investigation into the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace uncovered the plans for population control by involving the United States in war)

http://www.illuminati-news.com/110106a.htm

William H. Donaldson is a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

James S. Crown is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Lester Crown is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Henrietta Holsman Fore is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a member of the Belizean Grove.

Lurita Alexis Doan is a member of the Belizean Grove, and was an administrator for the General Services Administration.

Belizean_Grove is the equivalent to the male-only social group, the Bohemian Club.

Henry A. Kissinger was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), is a member of the Bohemian Club, a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Colin L. Powell is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, the strategic limited partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and was a director at the United Negro College Fund.

James L. Barksdale is a strategic limited partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and a member of the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age.

Linda Johnson Rice is a director at the United Negro College Fund, a friend of Valerie B. Jarrett, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Valerie B. Jarrett is a friend of Linda Johnson Rice, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration.

Rahm I. Emanuel is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, the Chicago (IL) mayor, was the White House chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration.

William M. Daley is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and was the chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration.

Robert S. Osborne is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and the EVP & general counsel for Booz Allen Hamilton.

Booz Allen Hamilton is a contractor for the National Security Agency (NSA).

Richard Wilhelm was the information warfare director for the National Security Agency (NSA), is the EVP for Booz Allen Hamilton, and a member of the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age.

Report: NSA spied on pope

Report: NSA spied on pope

Francis, Benedict allegedly targets of intercepts

Jerome R. Corsi

http://www.wnd.com/2013/10/report-nsa-spied-on-pope

“Data-gate” is the name the Vatican has unofficially given to allegations breaking in Rome that the NSA intercepted telephone conversations of Pope Benedict XVI and of Pope Francis when he was still Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the archbishop of Buenos Aires.

The weekly news Italian news magazine Panorama disclosed the allegations are scheduled to be published as a lead article Thursday.

The magazine reports suspicions that among the Vatican telephone calls intercepted by the NSA were conversations March 12 involving bishops and cardinals participating in the papal conclave. The Catholic leaders were staying at the Domus Internationalis Paulus VI, the hotel residence established by the Vatican for visiting clergy, where Bergoglio resided prior to being selected as pope.

The NSA issued a statement insisting it “does not target the Vatican.”

“Assertions that NSA has targeted the Vatican, published in Italy’s Panorama magazine, are not true,” the agency said.

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The Panorama article reported suspicion the NSA monitoring of Bergoglio may date back to 2005. The article noted that U.S. State Department cables leaked by Wikileaks indicated Bergoglio was first placed under U.S. intelligence in 2005 when the U.S. Vatican Embassy reported to Washington that he was considered one of 16 candidates to succeed Pope John Paul II.

The Panorama article alleges that among the NSA intercepts were telephone conversations of Pope Benedict XVI in the last few weeks of his papacy.

Panorama charged the NSA intercepted the incoming and outgoing telephone calls of Pope Benedict XVI and other Vatican officials concerning one of Benedict’s last official acts, the selection of Ernst von Freyberg, a German aristocrat and industrialist, to head the Vatican Bank, which was announced Feb. 15.

Support a legal challenge to Barack Obama’s NSA spying programs.

Panorama reported the information obtained by the NSA intercepts were divided into four categories: “information intentions,” “threats to the financial system,” “foreign policy objectives” and “human rights.”

The magazine also suggested the NSA intercepted communications regarding the 2012 “Vatileaks” scandal involving Paolo Gabriel, Pope Benedict’s butler, who was caught stealing related to corruption within the Catholic Church.

Panorama charges the NSA spying was conducted from the annex of the U.S. Embassy in Rome, in via Sallustiana 49, a facility that supposedly houses a highly classified information collection service staffed by a nucleus of technical experts from the NSA and the CIA.

Pope Benedict XVI

Benedict XVI is the pope emeritus for the Roman Catholic Church.

Note: Francis E. George is a cardinal for the Roman Catholic Church, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Commercial Club of Chicago, Members Directory

http://commercialclubchicago.org/members/e.html

Please note: This link for the members of the Commercial Club of Chicago can no longer be found.

Robert S. Osborne is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and the EVP & general counsel for Booz Allen Hamilton.

Joan A. Dempsey is the SVP for Booz Allen Hamilton, and was the deputy director for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

Steve Isakowitz was a senior consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton, and a senior intelligence officer for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

Booz Allen Hamilton is a contractor for the National Security Agency (NSA).

Edward Snowden was an employee at Booz Allen Hamilton, and leaked information about the National Security Agency (NSA).

Philip A. Odeen is a director at Booz Allen Hamilton, and a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Charles O. Rossotti is a director at Booz Allen Hamilton, and a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

R. James Woolsey was a VP for Booz Allen Hamilton, and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Dov S. Zakheim was a VP for Booz Allen Hamilton, and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

John A. Gordon is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and was the deputy director for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

James R. Schlesinger is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and was a director at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

George J. Tenet was a director at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

William H. Webster was a director at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

John J. Studzinski is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), a papal knighthood knight, and a director at the Human Rights Watch.

papal knighthood knight is an honor conferred by pope from the Roman Catholic Church.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and the Human Rights Watch.

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and was a benefactor for the Human Rights Watch.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Human Rights Watch, and Brookings Institution (think tank).

Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and was a managing director at Booz Allen Hamilton.

Booz Allen Hamilton is a contractor for the National Security Agency (NSA).

Robert S. Osborne is the EVP & general counsel for Booz Allen Hamilton, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

R. Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.

Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.

Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.

Newton N. Minow is senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Francis E. George is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a cardinal for the Roman Catholic Church.

Benedict XVI is the pope emeritus for the Roman Catholic Church.

Rahm: 'Heads are rolling' over ObamaCare

Rahm: 'Heads are rolling' over ObamaCare

October 30, 2013, 07:12 pm

http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/health-reform-implementation/188772-rahm-heads-are-rolling-over-obamacare

Chicago mayor and former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel said Wednesday that he had been assured "that heads are rolling" over the technical problems plaguing the ObamaCare website.

“I have all the confidence and I — and all the assurance that heads are rolling and they're spinning right now to fix the problem," Emanuel told CNN.

Emanuel said that the president's focus was fixing the technical issues underlying the ObamaCare website. Users have been unable to open accounts and purchase insurance on the portal, which was billed by the administration as the easiest way for uninsured consumers to find coverage.

Insurance companies report that even when consumers successfully purchase a plan, bad data is then transmitted from the government.

"We'll deal with culpability later, because the most important thing you've got to do is get the problem fixed," Emanuel said.

During a speech Wednesday in Boston, Obama said there was “no excuse” for the technical glitches and that he took “full responsibility for making sure it gets fixed.”

“The website is too slow, too many people have gotten stuck, and I am not happy about it,” Obama said. “Neither are a lot of Americans who need health care.”

But the administration has so far publicly resisted calls to fire officials over the botched rollout.

In an interview with CNN last week, White House press secretary said that "it shouldn't be about having heads roll or firing people."

"The accountability [President Obama is] looking for is the accountability of making sure that everybody who has expertise in this matter is focused on fixing it, not focused on, you know, making heads roll," he continued. "That's not the time right now to focus on that. The time is to get these problems fixed, make sure the system is working most efficiently for the American people. That is what his focus is on right now."

Rahm Emanuel

Rahm I. Emanuel was the White House chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration, is the Chicago (IL) mayor, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Note: Commercial Club of Chicago, Members Directory

http://commercialclubchicago.org/members/e.html

Please note: This link for the members of the Commercial Club of Chicago can no longer be found.

W. James McNerney Jr. is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and the chairman & president & CEO for the Boeing Company.

Barbara G. Fast was the VP for the Boeing Company, and the VP for the CGI Group Inc.

CGI Group Inc. was the Obamacare contractor that developed Healthcare.gov web site.

Obamacare is Barack Obama’s signature policy initiative.

Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.

Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.

R. Eden Martin is counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Valerie B. Jarrett is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration, and her great uncle is Vernon E. Jordan Jr.

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is the lobby firm for the Boeing Company.

Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank), and the Committee for Economic Development.

George Soros is the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Donna S. Morea was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and the EVP for the CGI Group Inc.

CGI Group Inc. was the Obamacare contractor that developed Healthcare.gov web site.

Obamacare is Barack Obama’s signature policy initiative.

Barbara G. Fast was the VP for the CGI Group Inc., and the VP for the Boeing Company.

W. James McNerney Jr. is the chairman & president & CEO for the Boeing Company, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Rahm I. Emanuel is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, the Chicago (IL) mayor, and was the White House chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration.

James S. Crown is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Lester Crown is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Walter Isaacson is the president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think tank), and was the chairman & CEO for CNN.

Google and Yahoo furious over reports that NSA secretly intercepts data links

Google and Yahoo furious over reports that NSA secretly intercepts data links

Leaked files suggest NSA can collect information 'at will' by intercepting cables that connect Google and Yahoo's data hubs

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/oct/30/google-reports-nsa-secretly-intercepts-data-links

Google and Yahoo, two of the world's biggest tech companies, reacted angrily to a report on Wednesday that the National Security Agency has secretly intercepted the main communication links that carry their users' data around the world.

Citing documents obtained from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden and interviews with officials, the Washington Post claimed the agency could collect information "at will" from among hundreds of millions of user accounts.

The documents suggest that the NSA, in partnership with its British counterpart GCHQ, is copying large amounts of data as it flows across fiber-optic cables that carry information between the worldwide data centers of the Silicon Valley giants.

The story is likely to put further strain on the already difficult relations between the tech firms and Washington. The internet giants are furious about the damage done to their reputation in the wake of Snowden's revelations.

In a statement, Google's chief legal officer, David Drummond, said the company was "outraged" by the latest revelations.

"We have long been concerned about the possibility of this kind of snooping, which is why we have continued to extend encryption across more and more Google services and links, especially the links in the slide," he said.

"We do not provide any government, including the US government, with access to our systems. We are outraged at the lengths to which the government seems to have gone to intercept data from our private fiber networks, and it underscores the need for urgent reform."

Yahoo said: "We have strict controls in place to protect the security of our data centers, and we have not given access to our data centers to the NSA or to any other government agency."

According to a top-secret document cited by the Post dated 9 January 2013, millions of records a day are sent from Yahoo and Google internal networks to NSA data warehouses at the agency's headquarters in Fort Meade, Maryland. The types of information sent ranged from "metadata", indicating who sent or received emails, the subject line and where and when, to content such as text, audio and video.

The Post's documents state that in the preceding 30 days, field collectors had processed and sent on 181,280,466 new records.

Internet firms go to great lengths to protect their data. But the NSA documents published by the Post appear to boast about their ability to circumvent those protections. In one presentation slide on "Google Cloud Exploitation," published by the Post, an artist has added a smiley face, in apparent celebration of the NSA's victory over Google security systems.

The latest disclosures may shed new light on a reference in a GCHQ document, first reported in September by the Guardian, the New York Times and ProPublica. As part of its efforts with the NSA to defeat internet encryption, GCHQ, the 2012 document said, was working on developing ways into the major webmail providers, including Google and Yahoo. It added that "work has predominantly been focused this quarter on Google due to new access opportunities being developed".

In its report, the Post suggested the intercept project was codenamed Muscular, but the Guardian understands from other documents provided by Snowden that the term instead refers to the system that enables the initial processing of information gathered from NSA or GCHQ cable taps.

The data outputted from Muscular is then forwarded to NSA or GCHQ databases, or systems such as the XKeyscore search tool, previously reported by the Guardian.

The Post said the program allowed the NSA to circumvent the legal restrictions that prevent it from accessing the data of people who live in the United States, and that it fell instead under an executive order, signed by the president, that authorised foreign intelligence operations.

In response, the NSA specifically denied that it used the presidential order to circumvent the restrictions on domestic spying, though the agency said nothing about the rest of the story.

The NSA statement said, in full: "NSA has multiple authorities that it uses to accomplish its mission, which is centered on defending the nation. The Washington Post's assertion that we use Executive Order 12333 collection to get around the limitations imposed by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and FAA 702 is not true.

"The assertion that we collect vast quantities of US persons' data from this type of collection is also not true. NSA applies attorney general-approved processes to protect the privacy of US persons – minimizing the likelihood of their information in our targeting, collection, processing, exploitation, retention, and dissemination.

"NSA is a foreign intelligence agency. And we're focused on discovering and developing intelligence about valid foreign intelligence targets only."

A GCHQ spokesman said: "We are aware of the story but we don't have any comment."

The NSA statement was much more narrowly drawn than the initial response by the agency's director, General Keith Alexander. At a Washington conference on Wednesday as the Post story broke, Alexander issued an immediate denial, but was not specifically asked to address allegations that NSA intercepted data transiting between the companies' data centers.

Relations between the tech companies and the government are already strained over the Snowden revelations. Speaking at a tech conference in September, Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg said the government had done a "bad job" of balancing people's privacy. "Frankly, I think the government blew it," he said.

Google will have its first turn before a legislative panel to confront surveillance questions next month. Senators Al Franken and Dean Heller, who are backing a bill to compel the government to provide more transparency about bulk surveillance, announced Wednesday that the Internet giant will send a representative to a Senate hearing they will hold on 13 November.

Yahoo

Joanne K. Bradford was the SVP for Yahoo! Inc., and a VP for the Microsoft Corporation.

Note: Michael J. Wolf is a director at Yahoo! Inc., and was a senior director at McKinsey & Company.

Sylvia Mathews Burwell was an associate at McKinsey & Company, and the president, global development for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

William H. Gates III is a co-chair for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and a co-founder & chairman for the Microsoft Corporation.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank)

George Soros is the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Sheryl K. Sandberg was a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a VP for Google Inc., a management consultant for McKinsey & Company, and is the COO & director for Facebook.

Google.org is a philanthropic arm for Google Inc.   

Shona L. Brown is the SVP for Google.org, was the SVP for Google Inc., and the VP for McKinsey & Company.

Patrick Pichette is the SVP & CFO for Google Inc., and was a partner at McKinsey & Company,

Susan E. Rice was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a management consultant for McKinsey & Company, and is the White House national security adviser for the Barack Obama administration.

Diana Farrell was the deputy assistant to the president on economic policy for the Barack Obama administration, and is a director at McKinsey & Company.

Nancy Killefer was the nominee for chief performance officer for the Barack Obama administration, and is a senior director for McKinsey & Company.

Anthony W. Miller is the deputy education secretary for the Barack Obama administration, and was a partner at McKinsey & Company.

Donald H. Gips was the director of presidential personnel for the Barack Obama administration, and a consultant for McKinsey & Company.

Lael Brainard is the treasury under secretary for the Barack Obama administration, was a consultant for McKinsey & Company, and the VP & director for the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Dominic Barton is the global managing director for McKinsey & Company, and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

D. Ronald Daniel is a director at McKinsey & Company, and was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Martin N. Baily was a principal at McKinsey & Company, and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Robert S. Osborne is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and the EVP & general counsel for Booz Allen Hamilton.

Edward Snowden was an employee at Booz Allen Hamilton, and leaked information about the National Security Agency (NSA).

National Security Agency (NSA) was a grant recipient for the Microsoft Corporation.

Joanne K. Bradford was a VP for the Microsoft Corporation, and the SVP for Yahoo! Inc.

Booz & Company is a spinoff company for Booz Allen Hamilton.

David G. Knott was a senior partner at Booz & Company, and is a director at McKinsey & Company.

Chelsea V. Clinton was an employee at McKinsey & Company, is William J. Clinton & Hillary Rodham Clinton’s daughter, a board member for the Clinton Global Initiative, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (think tank), and the vice chair for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, a member of the Clinton Global Initiative, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (think tank), and the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the New America Foundation, the Committee for Economic Development, the Aspen Institute (think tank), the Sundance Institute, the International Rescue Committee, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), the Millennium Promise, and the Hudson Institute (think tank).

George Polk is a managing partner at Soros Climate Fund Management LLC, and was a senior adviser on climate change for McKinsey & Company.

Roger W. Ferguson Jr. was a partner at McKinsey & Company, and a director at the New America Foundation.

Eric E. Schmidt is the chairman of the New America Foundation, the chairman for Google Inc., was a funder for the New America Foundation, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Google Quietly Removes Censorship Warning Feature For Search Users In China (Updated)

Posted Jan 4, 2013 by Natasha Lomas

http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/04/google-quietly-removes-censorship-warning-feature-for-search-users-in-china

Leonard T. Mendonca is a director at the New America Foundation, a director at McKinsey & Company, and a co-chairman for the Committee for Economic Development.

Donald C. Waite III is a director emeritus at McKinsey & Company, and was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Donna S. Morea was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and the CGI Group Inc.

CGI Group Inc. was the Obamacare contractor that developed Healthcare.gov web site.

James M. Manyika is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a partner at McKinsey & Company.

James S. Crown is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Lester Crown is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Geoffrey K. Sands is a trustee at the Sundance Institute, and the chief media partner for McKinsey & Company.

F. William Barnett is an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, and was a director at McKinsey & Company.

William W. Bradley is a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and was an outside adviser for McKinsey & Company.

Rajat K. Gupta was a director at the Millennium Promise, and a senior partner at McKinsey & Company.

Bill Matassoni is a trustee at the Hudson Institute (think tank), and was a partner at McKinsey & Company.

These White Boxes Hiding in Plain Sight All Over the World May Be a U.S. Government Spy Tool

These White Boxes Hiding in Plain Sight All Over the World May Be a U.S. Government Spy Tool

Oct. 30, 2013 7:42am Sharona Schwartz

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/10/30/what-are-the-mysterious-white-boxes-on-the-roofs-of-u-s-embassies-and-whats-their-reported-connection-to-nsa-surveillance

The German newspaper Der Spiegel over the weekend revealed that not only did the U.S. monitor the cellphone of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, it also allegedly utilized the American embassy in Berlin as a listening station by means of a windowless structure filled with hi-tech gadgetry on the roof to monitor cellphone and other sensitive communications.

An Israeli intelligence analyst has now discovered similar mysterious white structures positioned on the rooftops of many key American embassies including in Beijing, Moscow, and Tel Aviv and published the photos to support his claims. While the structures appear to have a solid exterior, they are actually permeable by communication signals, according to the German report.

Der Spiegel described attic-like rooms positioned on the roof of the embassy in Berlin from which the CIA and NSA are able to monitor “a large part of cellphone communication” in the epicenter of the German government, calling the operation “a nest of espionage.”

The paper, which cites both German and U.S. sources, reports that the structures are designed to appear as integral parts of the buildings, but in reality they hide technology used for sophisticated electronic surveillance. It reports that the structures are covered by a material “permeable even by weak radio signals.”

Intelligence analyst Ronen Solomon tells the Israeli newspaper Ma’ariv that the “boxes” conceal “very advanced wiretapping devices.”

Solomon examined photographs of the white structures on the roofs of the U.S. embassies in Tel Aviv, Madrid, Moscow, Beijing, Berlin and Stockholm.

“In all of the cases, it seems as though the ‘cubes,’ while appearing as part of the structure, are actually construction supplements. If the findings of Der Spiegel are correct, then the US intelligence agency’s listening devices are dispersed around the world,” Ma’ariv reported.

Here is a montage of the photos published on the Hebrew website Ma’ariv:

Israeli officials say that they are not surprised by the reports and that the assumption in Israel has always been that “the US listens in on all of the conversations taking place in the Middle East, as well as in Europe, especially if they are unencrypted,” the paper reports.

For this reason, Israeli defense officials are prohibited from discussing “top secret” information over any phone line, even encrypted ones. Classified information can be conveyed only via envelopes with a wax seal, Maariv reports.

Spiegel cited a “top secret” NSA document from 2010 which revealed a unit called the “Special Collection Service” (SCS) which operates in 80 locations overseas including in Berlin, Madrid, Paris and Rome. The paper described the unit as “an elite corps run in concert by the US intelligence agencies NSA and CIA.”

Former Mossad chief Danny Yatom told Ma’ariv on Friday that he is “certain” the U.S. “has been listening in on its allies, including Israel.”

The Times of Israel reports Yatom believes the U.S. is most likely spying on Israel to learn more about the government’s position on negotiations with the Palestinians and about Iran’s nuclear program.

“It is important for them to know what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu really thinks…They have interests here because they want to be able to contend with Israeli claims that arise when talking about these issues,” the Times of Israel quoted Yatom as saying.

While TheBlaze has not verified the photos shown by Ma’ariv, other online photos of various U.S. embassies do appear to show boxlike structures on the roofs.

Ma’ariv’s full report was translated to English on the website of Israel Defense magazine and can be found here.

Blankfein: Clearing houses 'terrific'

Blankfein: Clearing houses 'terrific'

http://finance.yahoo.com/video/blankfein-clearing-houses-terrific-204400411.html

Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein discusses the potential impact of derivative transparency on exchanges. "The unintended consequences will produce a new set of risks," he explains.

Goldman Sachs

Lloyd C. Blankfein is the chairman & CEO for the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company), a duplex owner at 15 Central Park West, New York, and was a director at the Robin Hood Foundation.

Note: Alan A. Shuch is an advisory director at the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company), and a condo owner at 15 Central Park West, New York.

Ashok Varadhan is a partner at the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company), and a condo owner at 15 Central Park West, New York.

Donald C. Opatrny was a partner at the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company), and a condo owner at 15 Central Park West, New York.

Thomas A. Wagner III was a managing director at the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company), and is a condo owner at 15 Central Park West, New York.

Daniel S. Och was a trader for the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company), is a duplex owner at 15 Central Park West, New York, and a director at the Robin Hood Foundation.

David M. Solomon is a managing director at the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company), a director at the Robin Hood Foundation, and was a leadership council member for the Robin Hood Foundation.

Peter D. Kiernan III was a senior partner at the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company), and is a director at the Robin Hood Foundation.

Clifford S. Asness was a managing director at the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company), and a leadership council member for the Robin Hood Foundation.

David A. Tepper was a trader for the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company), and is a director at the Robin Hood Foundation.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Robin Hood Foundation, the Harlem Children's Zone, the International Rescue Committee, the Brookings Institution (think tank), the Committee for Economic Development, the Aspen Institute (think tank), the Millennium Promise, the Sundance Institute, and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

George Soros was a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone, is the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and the founder for the Soros Fund Management.

Gary D. Cohn is a trustee at the Harlem Children's Zone, and the president & COO for the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company).

Richard E. Witten is a trustee at the Harlem Children's Zone, and an advisory director for the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company).

Soros Fund Management was the buyer of assets, post-bankruptcy for MF Global Holdings Ltd.

Mark Schwartz was the president & CEO for Soros Fund Management, George Soros’s senior adviser, and the president & CEO for the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company).

Laurie R. Ferber was the general counsel for MF Global Holdings Ltd., and a managing director for the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company).

Jon S. Corzine was the chairman & CEO for MF Global Holdings Ltd., and the chairman & CEO for the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company).

Elie Wiesel is an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, and his son is Elisha Wiesel.

Elisha Wiesel is Elie Wiesel’s son, and a partner at the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company).

Clifford S. Asness is a director at the International Rescue Committee, and was a managing director at the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company).

John C. Whitehead is an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and was a co-chairman & senior partner for the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company).

Tracy R. Wolstencroft is a director at the International Rescue Committee, a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and an advisory director for the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company).

Richard L. Kauffman was a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a group chairman for the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company).

John L. Thornton is the chair for the Brookings Institution (think tank), and was the president & COO for the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company).

Abby Joseph Cohen was a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and is a senior investment strategist for the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company).

Geoffrey T. Boisi is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and was a general partner at the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company).

Mario Draghi is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and was a managing director at the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company).

Suzanne Nora Johnson is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and was the vice chair for the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company).

James A. Johnson is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a director at the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company), a member of the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank) was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Donna S. Morea was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and the EVP for the CGI Group Inc.

CGI Group Inc. was the Obamacare contractor that developed Healthcare.gov web site.

Kim K. Azzarelli was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and is the VP for the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company).

Stephen Friedman is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and was a director at the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company).

L. Brooks Entwistle is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and an advisory director for the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company).

Robert J. Hurst is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and was the vice chairman for the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company).

Anne Welsh McNulty is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and was a managing director at the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company).

Robert K. Steel is the chairman for the Aspen Institute (think tank), and was the vice chairman for the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company).

Roderick K. von Lipsey is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and was the VP for the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company).

Henry A. Kissinger was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), is a member of the Bohemian Club, a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Henrietta Holsman Fore is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a member of the Belizean Grove.

Belizean_Grove is the equivalent to the male-only social group, the Bohemian Club.

Connie K. Duckworth is a member of the Belizean Grove, and was an advisory director for the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company).

Ann F. Kaplan is a member of the Belizean Grove, and was a managing partner at the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company).

Rajat K. Gupta was a director at the Millennium Promise, and a director at the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company).

Josephine Linden was a director at the Millennium Promise, and a partner at the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company).

Jacki Zehner is a trustee at the Sundance Institute, and was a partner at the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company).

Gregory B. Craig is a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and was a lawyer for the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company).

William W. George is a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and a director at the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company).

Jessica Tuchman Mathews is the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Ed Griffin’s interview with Norman Dodd in 1982

(The investigation into the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace uncovered the plans for population control by involving the United States in war)

http://www.illuminati-news.com/110106a.htm

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Warren E. Buffett is an adviser for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), and a friend of Byron D. Trott.

Byron D. Trott is a friend of Warren E. Buffett, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and was a managing director at the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company).

Kathleen Brown is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, a senior adviser for the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company), and is California state government governor Jerry Brown sister.

NRA-ILA (Jerry Brown)

http://nraila.org/search.aspx?s=Jerry%20Brown

Gun Control

Commercial Club of Chicago, Members Directory

http://commercialclubchicago.org/members/e.html

Please note: This link for the members of the Commercial Club of Chicago can no longer be found.

R. Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.

Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.

Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.