The U.S. Corporation (NARUS) That Aided Egypt's Brutal Crackdown

[Catherina]

ZinedineZDurst RT @TimKarr:

Troubling news about a US company that is aiding Egypt's Internet crackdown: http://bit.ly/hFCnCc
#Jan25 #NetFreedom /FIXED less than 20 seconds ago via web

One U.S. Corporation's Role in Egypt's Brutal Crackdown

Timothy Karr

Campaign Director, Free Press and SavetheInternet.com
Posted: January 28, 2011 12:15 PM


.... an American firm, Narus of Sunnyvale, Calif., which has sold Telecom Egypt "real-time traffic intelligence" equipment.

Narus, now owned by Boeing, was founded in 1997 by Israeli security experts to create and sell mass surveillance systems for governments and large corporate clients.

The company is best known for creating NarusInsight, a supercomputer system which is allegedly used by the National Security Agency and other entities to perform mass surveillance and monitoring of public and corporate Internet communications in real time.

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Other Narus global customers include the national telecommunications authorities in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia -- two countries that regularly register alongside Egypt near the bottom of Human Rights Watch's world report.

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[jannyk]

1. and Vodaphone took down the whole cell network when asked. nt

[jannyk]

2. and all the teargas is supplied by the god ole US of A!

[baldguy]

3. More proof that "Freedom-loving American corporation" is an oxymoron.