Il n'y a pas de commentaires associés a cet article. Vous pouvez réagir.
530Les dames n’ont pas du tout été heureuses d’apprendre qu’elles étaient écoutées par la NSA, malgré les connaisseurs qui vous affirment que tous ces gens “savent bien qu’ils sont écoutés” et que “tout le monde espionne tout le monde”, – alors pourquoi en vouloir à la pauvre NSA ? Parlant des dames, nous parlons de Dilma Rousseff et d'Angela Merkel qui ont unit leurs poids respectifs (ceux de leurs pays) pour lancer un projet de résolution générale de l’ONU promouvant les droits à la protection privée, notamment de l’internet, plus diverses autres friandises du genre. Il faut être malvoyant et entêté pour ne pas distinguer que tout cela pourrait bien avoir à voir avec le cas Snowden/NSA.
Foreign Policy qui a, le premier, soulevé le lièvre, donne tous les détails de cette affaire, ce 25 octobre 2013, avec notamment le texte proposé. La résolution ne cesse d’attirer des soutiens, celui de 21 pays jusqu’ici, dont notre chère France-poire, le Mexique, pourtant si proche des USA, et puis divers autres dont souvent les usual suspects (Cuba, Venezuela, Argentine, etc., – en effet, pas mal de Sud-Américains). Bref, un bel exemple d’universalisme. Les USA, eux, ont des réactions mitigées, dans un bel exemple de leadership ; ils ne se mouillent pas, ne disent pas non parce que c’est difficile de ne pas soutenir de si belles intentions, et pas oui parce que, tout de même, la chose ne relèvera ni leur prestige, ni leur influence. A remarquer, comme en règle générale dans cette affaire, l’extrême discrétion des Russes et des Chinois ; par contre, les trois autres pays des BRICS sont derrière cette résolution.
«...The German and Brazilian delegations to the U.N. have opened talks with diplomats from 19 more countries to draft a General Resolution promoting the right of privacy on the Internet. Close American allies like France and Mexico – as well as rivals like Cuba and Venezuela – are all part of the effort. The push marks the first major international effort to curb the National Security Agency's vast surveillance network. Its momentum is building. And it comes as concerns are growing within the U.S. intelligence community that the NSA may be, in effect, freelancing foreign policy by eavesdropping on leaders like Germany's Angela Merkel.
»The draft, a copy of which was obtained by The Cable, calls on states “to respect and ensure the respect for the rights” to privacy, as enshrined in the 1976 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. It also calls on states “to take measures to put an end to violations of these rights” and to “review their procedures, practices and legislation regarding the extraterritorial surveillance of private communications and interception of personal data of citizens in foreign jurisdictions with a view towards upholding the right to privacy.” The draft does not refer to a flurry of American spying revelations that have caused a political uproar around the world. But it was clear that the revelations provided the political momentum to trigger the move to the U.N.
»On Friday, the State Department responded to questions concerning The Cable's initial report about the U.N. effort published Thursday. “We'll of course review that when the text is available,” State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said, speaking of Germany and Brazil's draft. “It's not something you're opposed to in principle?” a reporter asked. “No,” said Psaki. “Our U.N. mission in New York will review the text as usual.” [...]
»... Other countries participating in the talks are Argentina, Austria, Bolivia, Ecuador, Guyana, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Liechtenstein, Mexico, Norway, Paraguay, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, and Uruguay.»
On présentera à part une partie du texte extrêmement intéressante, à partir de sources de Foreign Policy. Il s’agit d’indications de sources officielles, ou bien dissidentes, proches des services de renseignement, concernant les procédures de la NSA pour savoir qui décide quoi, et cela aboutissant à des actions comme l’écoute de chefs d’État ou de gouvernement. La chose est complexe, embrouillée, incertaine, – et l’on comprend que la NSA pourrait aussi n’en faire qu’à sa tête. «Former intelligence officials tell The Cable they are concerned that NSA officials have been deciding on their own which foreign leaders to “target,” or collect information about. “We're targeting these leaders. Who's making these political decisions? Gen. Alexander or one of his subordinates?” said a former senior intelligence official. "If so, he is getting to make decisions that have wider impact on international relations.”
»Vanee Vines, and NSA spokesperson, said that the agency takes its cues from higher up the official chain of command. “NSA is not a free agent,” she told The Cable. “The agency's activities stem from the National Intelligence Priorities Framework, which guides prioritization for the operation, planning, and programming of U.S. intelligence analysis and collection.”
»The framework is a list of priority issues that senior policymakers want the intelligence agencies to work on. It could include long-term matters such as the threat of global terrorism, or more specific and pressing questions, such as how long until Iran is able to build a nuclear weapon. The list is reviewed twice a year by the most senior officials in government, including the secretaries of Defense, State, and Treasury, as well as the president's chief of staff and national security adviser. And it's ultimately approved by the president. But the individual intelligence agencies are generally left to decide how to best address those priorities, which includes choosing what types of intelligence to collect.
»Another former senior intelligence official said that, in practice, the NSA is told to collect certain kinds of information, but it also preemptively does that job in anticipation of what its “customers” – those senior government decision-makers -- will want and need. “It's works both ways,” the former official said. “There are two things the NSA wants to do: Answer their customer's request, and anticipate their customer's needs. There's not a doubt in my mind they're doing both.” [...]
»The former intelligence official who questioned whether Alexander was making decisions on which leaders to target predicted there will be far-reaching repercussions to revelations about spying on foreign leaders. Stories about NSA's global surveillance already had sparked public protests in Germany, and in Brazil, the government is considering whether to require companies that store citizens' personal information on databases inside the country, where they'd be harder for the NSA to access. “The extent to which international political opinion and law are going to condition intelligence collection for the future, that's a new world,” the former official said, adding that the NSA is not prepared to deal with that political blowback.»
dedefensa.org
-
