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How far do you go in the name of national security? Digital Fortress
The NSA America’s Top Security Agency Operations done in total secrecy Cryptographers work to crack codes Susan Fletcher Commander Strathmore
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Would Cripple U.S. Intelligence Created by Ensei Tankado Ex NSA Cryptographer  Advocate for Personal Privacy  and Civil Liberties DIGITAL FORTRESS THE UNBREAKABLE CODE U.S. Intelligence Agencies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
Ensei Tankado Advocate for Personal Privacy Threatened to make Digital Fortress Public Unless NSA made TRANSLTR’s Existence Known The code must be broken NGKLSNEWU8094T5UKLGJDFIUG09U4T3TJ32KJGR09G0934K59T90J342JGT994GNK VNNGDFSR9T8904JTKJFKBVG89409543JKGLJFDT0980435JKREGEWI490EGJ43098JI
SUSAN’S DILEMMA Must find Ensei’s Partner Her Boyfriend, David Becker Sent to Spain to retrieve the code’s pass key David Becker
Focus of Novel The Importance of TRANSLTR  Its Implications in the New Network Society F  O  C  U  S  F  O  C  U  S  F  O  C  U  S  F  O  C  U  S
Manuel Castells The Network Society It’s not purely technology that defines modern societies.  Cultural Factors Economical Factors Political Factors Political  Cultural  Economical
The Modern Culture of the United States Terrorists threaten the Country Other Groups threaten Security NSA’s Argument: Government may have to infringe on people’s rights in the name of National Security
Transformation of The Network Society Because of the Invention of TRANSLTR… Top NSA officials have access to any one person’s computer files without them knowing it.  NSA
Civil Liberties vs. National Safety Tense relationship between civil liberties and national security.  Arguments of Opponents of TRANSLTR Arguments of Supporters of TRANSLTR Privacy! Security!
Opponents of TRANSLTR Government is violating people’s rights Government serving as a peeping Tom The infringements on people’s rights are unnecessary, counterproductive, and possibly unconstitutional
The Electronic Frontier Foundation Institution that defends free speech, privacy, and innovation Proclaimed the NSA the biggest threat to the free world The NSA’s response
Supporters of TRANSLTR / NSA TRANSLTR safeguards the U.S. from potential threats Provides support for FBI, CIA, and DEA. They would all be flying blind without TRANSLTR
Without TRANSLTR… There would be total chaos Drug cartels’ shipments would become untraceable Major corporations could transfer  money with no paper trail and leave IRS in the cold Terrorists could chat in total secrecy
Commander Trevor Strathmore Insists that the public needs the NSA to break codes in order to keep the peace It may involve shaking a few trees and looking for bad apples, but in the end, most citizens would gladly sacrifice some privacy to know that the bad guys can’t maneuver unchecked I’ll give you my privacy for security. Deal!
The Biggest Threat to the NSA The people of the United States They have lost faith in the NSA They have become paranoid They see the NSA as the enemy
NSA: What do they Say? They truly have the nation’s best interest at heart, and prevent people from witnessing the horrors they would face if they did not intervene.  Our Best Interests
Review: Digital Fortress Conveys the necessity to infringe upon people’s rights in the name of national security How a group of cryptographers will go to any lengths to continue providing safety
In Today’s World… We are not quite up to speed with the technologies of Digital Fortress, but we do face privacy issues in this evolving network society.  We must ask ourselves: How much are we willing to compromise our civil liberties in the name of national security?