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February 9th, 2014
01:21 PM ET

Criminalizing journalism?

Glenn Greenwald suggests new NSA surveillance details could be released as his new media venture launches. He also responds to comments made this week on Capitol Hill that journalists like himself could be criminal accessories for handling leaked documents.


Filed under: Blog • Edward Snowden • Glenn Greenwald • NSA • Reliable Sources
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    “Cyberspace and Security” has received extraordinary endorsements from experts with unimpeachable credentials, experience and expertise, including one who was head of NSA information assurance at the time the InvisiLAN system was tested there, and another who now runs one of the main training centers for NSA-bound tech graduates.

    Here’s what the experts say about CYBERSPACE and SECURITY: A Fundamentally New Approach.

    Drawing on his decades of experience with two of the world's premier spy agencies, Victor Sheymov offers penetrating and compelling insights into the challenges − and opportunities − involved in securing cyberspace. A must-read for all − from IT professionals and techno-nerds to policy makers and corporate executives.
    − Dr. Sujeet Shenoi
    F.P. Walter Professor of Computer Science
    University of Oklahoma, Tulsa.

    Dr. Shenoi is an outstanding scientist in the cyber security field, and his institute at the University of Oklahoma, Tulsa, is a major supplier of technical cyber security personnel to NSA.

    http://www.utulsa.edu/academics/Centers-and-Institutes/cyber-corps-program.aspx
    http://freeboson.org/Sujeet.Akula.CV.pdf
    Dr. Sujeet Shenoi (Sujeet@UTulsa.edu

    CYBERSPACE and SECURITY by Victor Sheymov does a wonderful job in discussing the differences between man-made cyberspace and the natural world in which we live. Sheymov uses these differences to explain how securing cyberspace is vastly different from traditional information security. The book is written so that readers without a deep computer science background can readily understand the subject, and readers with a security background will find the concepts informative and thought provoking. I know of no other author who has the real-life experience that Victor Sheymov brings to this subject, and would recommend the book to everyone as an easy and entertaining reading experience.
    − Dickie George
    Former Technical Director
    Information Assurance Directorate
    National Security Agency

    Dickie George now works at the John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 240-228-5000

    In an era when everyone is applying techniques to secure cyberspace that have repeatedly failed, it is refreshing to see an approach that goes to the core of the problem. Victor Sheymov introduces security concepts to the cyberspace arena that he has gleaned from decades of working with national intelligence agencies. The result is a work of proven principles that is a must read for cyber security specialists, researchers and IT professionals.
    − Dr. Jonathan Butts, USAir Force Major
    Assistant Professor of Computer Science
    Air Force Institute of Technology
    [Note that these views do not necessarily
    reflect the official position of the
    United States Air Force or Department of Defense.]

    WHY HAS THIS TECHNOLOGY NOT BEEN DEPLOYED?
    So the question is, why has this VCC InvisiLAN technology, with its tested and “proven principles,” not been openly discussed and adopted for the past ten years, even as hackers have caused billions of dollars of damage and losses, and our entire infrastructure is vulnerable to catastrophe?

    And why isn’t it being discussed in light of the Snowden revelations, and the intense debate over electronic surveillance and invasion of privacy?

    There are several possible answers. One is that the major players in the cyber security industry have such a huge investment in current firewall technology that they will not abandon it unless they absolutely have to.

    Another is that the major players are trying to get around Sheymov’s patents with their own versions of “dynamic” cyber security technology.

    Another is that the powers that be do not want a technology that can assure total privacy of communications, that they cannot control.

    THE STORY BEHIND THE VCC BREAKTHROUGH, AND ITS BLOCKING
    Finally, another possible answer is told in an extraordinary book Sheymov has just published, “TIEBREAKER: Tower of Secrets II.”

    Sheymov published his account of his career in the KGB, “Tower of Secrets,” in 1993. That book did not go beyond his exfiltration in 1980.

    “Tiebreaker” is Victor Sheymov’s account of his bizarre relationship with the CIA from 1980 to the present. It’s a story the CIA did not want him to write, but he never signed any statement agreeing to their review, so he is perfectly free to tell it.

    His Foreword is notable!
    Foreword

    Some of the events described in this book may not be particularly flattering to the CIA. The author would like to make it clear that if any government organization publicly challenges the factual events described in this book, he will feel compelled to publish relevant particulars and details of the challenged facts, such as exact places and real names of the participants, so that the descriptions can be conclusively verified.
    - V.S

    Even though the CIA had awarded him the highest possible medal, they proceeded to harass him and his family relentlessly for 20 years. How he responded and survived makes for quite a story.
    It also explains why Sheymov elected to self publish it.

    Why did they try and destroy him?
    Sheymov’s chilling conclusions, and his consequent brilliant analysis of the Aldrich Ames case, expose a deadly CIA culture. Just as dramatic is his experience with Robert Hanssen, the FBI mole who was trying to get a job with Invicta the day he was arrested.
    Finally, Tiebreaker tells the story of how VCC and InvisiLAN were developed by an extraordinary team of 60 top cryptographers and technologists, financed by the proceeds from a suit brought against the CIA by ex-CIA Director James Woolsey.

    And the CIA’s final twist of the screw.

    But far more important right now is that Victor Sheymov’s concept and proven technology offer a powerful solution to hacking, and go to the heart of the current NSA surveillance crisis, and indeed the whole issue of the right to privacy in electronic communications.

    We have heard, but cannot confirm, that VCC is discussed in material provided by Snowden.

    Victor Sheymov lives near Washington D.C. He is represented by Octagon.

    He has testified before Congress before, and is more than willing to do so again.

    SOURCES:

    Bio of Victor Sheymov:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Sheymov

    These are the relevant links for Sheymov’s books:

    Revised Edition of CYBERSPACE and SECURITY [Oct 2013. Kindle]
    http://www.amazon.com/Cyberspace-Security-Fundamentally-Approach-ebook/dp/B009PENZEK/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1383507549&sr=1-6&keywords=Sheymov

    TIEBREAKER: Tower of Secrets II [Oct 2013, Kindle]
    http://www.amazon.com/TIEBREAKER-Tower-Secrets-II-ebook/dp/B00FWF5ARQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1383244269&sr=1-1&keywords=Sheymov

    TOWER OF SECRETS (1993; Kindle 2013])
    http://www.amazon.com/Tower-Secrets-Real-Life-Thriller-ebook/dp/B009RBQQV0/ref=sr_1_5_title_1_kin?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1383961796&sr=1-5&keywords=Sheymov

    http://www.invictanetworks.net/

    http://wizarmor.net/

    February 10, 2014 at 3:59 pm | Reply
  98. Big Ron

    I don't have a clue who this reporter is. It sounds to me like he is going to try to make a name for himself by divulging information that might hurt us. Like it or not...nothing has changed since the beginning of time...we live on a dangerous planet. If what he has to "share" would hurt YOU, would you want him to.

    February 10, 2014 at 2:18 am | Reply
    • edwardsmorris

      How does big government keeping secrets from the people they are supposed to serve help us "live on a dangerous planet?" Are we to simply trust Big Daddy to take care of us without questioning, without knowing?

      February 10, 2014 at 11:32 am | Reply
    • jwinstonsf

      Your first sentence is the giveaway. If you don't know who Glen Greenwald is you are living in a bubble.

      February 10, 2014 at 12:30 pm | Reply
  99. Terry Gould

    Like it or not the truth is just that. Not always do we like the truth, if the truth hurts us of course we will not care for it. There are plenty of folks who do not like Mr. Greenwald because they have been involved in unsavory deeds and fear sunlight. These people need be held accountable and Glenn is doing his level best at uncovering the deeds themselves and perpetrators of those acts. Good for you Glenn and all who are willing to step up. Hero's one and all.

    February 9, 2014 at 7:21 pm | Reply
  100. edwardsmorris

    Good interview. Glenn is my hero.

    February 9, 2014 at 4:59 pm | Reply
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