NSA To Build $1.5 Billion Cybersecurity Data Center

Our government is sick... it is suffering from an acute form of paranoia ... it seems they see conspiracy everywhere ..including in your personal life... if corporations can be treated like individuals with citizen rights then surely the government run by corporations ... it's child so to speak (after all corporate america has raised the United States government as its own creation has it not?),could and should be treated as a component of corporate america.. a very sick child...in need of treatment... the mental clarity of government has been compromised, leading to intense and ludicrous visions of grandeur, perceiving itself as the king of the people who gave it life.. usurping its own creator,and placing itself above the sovereign rights of the people. now... i think we can safely say that lunacy in government is a normal attribute and chronic in most world entities... but..we must as concerned citizens take into account the implications of our governments delusions of grandeur ... after all a child who thinks they are god can not lead to a happy outcome for either the parent or the child... therefore ...as a child of the corporations (lest i forget to mention a illegitimate child, concieved in the dark of night through a sordid illicit affair with the central banks who were themselves fathered by the complicit jewish elite known as the zionists) .... and the elite.. who are well known to be genetically defective, and degenerate in nature, it would seem that immediate and intensive psychological treatment is needed in order to deter further damage to the child... a separation from the parents is essential since they are the progenitors of the psychosis, and severance of all rights should be immediate and final. the child can then be placed in protective custody by the citizens of the republic of the united states indefinitely and all other interests in the child by foreign entities declared null and void.

ok... now.. segway.. this rant was brought to you buy, The Obama Nation of Greed ... the we don't give a shit regime ...where your rights are null... and logic is void.

NSA To Build $1.5 Billion Cybersecurity Data Center

The massive complex, comprising up to 1.5 million square feet of building space, will provide intelligence and warnings related to cybersecurity threats across government.

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J. Nicholas
Hoover

InformationWeek

The National Security Agency, whose job it is to protect national security systems, will soon break ground on a data center in Utah that's budgeted to cost $1.5 billion.

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The NSA is building the facility to provide intelligence and warnings related to cybersecurity threats, cybersecurity support to defense and civilian agency networks, and technical assistance to the Department of Homeland Security, according to a transcript of remarks by Glenn Gaffney, deputy director of national intelligence for collection, who is responsible for oversight of cyber intelligence activities in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

"Our country must continue to advance its national security efforts and that includes improvements in cybersecurity," Sen. Robert Bennett, R-Utah, said in a statement. "As we rely more and more on our communications networks for business, government and everyday use, we must be vigilant and provide agencies with the necessary resources to protect our country from a cyber attack."

The data center will be built at Camp Williams, a National Guard training center 26 miles south of Salt Lake City, which was chosen for its access to cheap power, communications infrastructure, and availability of space, Gaffney said. The complex will comprise up to 1.5 million square feet of building space on 120 to 200 acres, according to the NBC affiliate in Salt Lake City.

According to a budget document for the project, the 30-megawatt data center will be cooled by chilled water and capable of Tier 3, or near carrier-grade, reliability. The design calls for the highest LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) standard within available resources.

The U.S. Army Corps of engineers will host a conference in Salt Lake City to provide further detail the data center building and acquisition plans. The project will require between 5,000 and 10,000 workers during construction, and the data center will eventually employ between 100 and 200 workers.

As part of its mission, NSA monitors communications "signals" for intelligence related to national security and defense. Gaffney gave assurances that the work going on at the data center will protect civil liberties. "We will accomplish this in full compliance with the U.S. Constitution and federal law and while observing strict guidelines that protect the privacy and civil liberties of the American people," Gaffney said.

On Nov. 30, the Department of Homeland Security will formally open a new cybersecurity operations center, the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center, in Arlington, Va. The facility will house the National Cyber Security Center, which coordinates cybersecurity operations across government, the National Coordinating Center for Telecommunications, which operates the government's telecommunications network, and the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team, which works with industry and government to protect networks and alert them of malicious activity.

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