Cell phone data captured by NSA used to send drones on missions that kill innocent people? | According to a report published on Monday, some of the cell phone information and metadata gathered up by the NSA, is being used to target certain people for attack by drones. Unfortunately, it turn out that some innocent people are dying in these attacks. The report attributes much of the information to a former drone operator who worked for the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) and the NSA. The anonymous drone operator was part of a team that sought out high value targets in Yemen, Somalia, Afghanistan and elsewhere. These targets were said to be high ranking terrorists. But instead of confirming the identities of these targets using personnel on the ground, the drone crew relied on the cell phones used by the targets, tracking the phones activities and locations. NSA whistle blower Edward Snowden has confirmed this as has Brandon Bryant, a former drone sensor operator with the USAF. One method employed by the military is based on the NSA using its equipment to geolocate a specific SIM card or a mobile handset used by a suspected terrorist. One this information is known, it is passed along to the military or the CIA. A night strike or drone attack is then used to capture or kill the targeted individual. While the former drone operator says that terrorists have been captured or killed using the cellular data and metadata, innocent people have also been killed during drone strikes. This has happened because the Taliban would take the SIM cards out of their phones, put them in a bag, shake them up, and redistribute them. Sometimes, a targeted phone would be randomly passed along to another person who was not an intended target. That person ends up killed for using the wrong phone at the wrong time.People get hung up that there’s a targeted list of people. It’s really like we’re targeting a cell phone. We’re not going after people – we’re going after their phones, in the hopes that the person on the other ... ---- read it here: ift.tt/1h3gHG4 (click the link)
Posted on: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 10:59:59 +0000
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