They’re probably at least as good with tech as any US intelligence agency.
This is not really that fantastic a claim. Government doesn’t attract our best and brightest anymore, especially when it comes to to computer technology.
The public believes the military/government has an extraordinary technology reach because of Hollywood depictions – shows like “24.” The reality is much less impressive.[/quote]
Pri: Sorry, gotta disagree with you on this one, and for no other reason than the NSA. Their capabilities are tremendous, especially in terms of data gathering and data mining.
That specifically targeted bug that hit the Iranian nuke facility either came from the Israelis, or the NSA. I know two ex-NSA guys that are on the private side now, and both are post-doc dudes from Carnegie-Mellon. The NSA does actually attract the best and brightest and from places like MIT, Carnegie and Stanford.
