Topic: Dear FBI, CIA, NSA, and SEC authorities on bitcointalk.org... (Read 9211 times)

I wonder how many watch lists I'm still on.. 

A nice little video...

A nice little song.... 

I moved out to Langley recently
With a plain and simple dream;
Wanna infiltrate some third-world place
And topple their regime.

Those men in black with their matching suitcases;
Where everything's on a need-to-know basis;
Agents got that swagger;
Everyone's so cloak and dagger.

I'm feelin' nervous but I'm really kinda wishing
For an undercover mission

That's when the red alert came on the radio
And I put my earpiece on!
Got my dark sunglasses on!
And I had my weapon drawn!

So I get my handcuffs,
My cyanide pills,
My classified dossier!

Tappin' the phones like yeah, shreddin' the files like yeah,
Memorized all the enemy spies I've got to neutralize today.

Yeeeaaahhh, it's a party in the CIA!
Yeeeaaahhh, it's a party in the CIA!

I've done a couple of crazy things that have almost gotten me dismissed,
Like terminate some head of state who wasn't even on my list.

Burn that microfilm buddy, will you,
I'd tell you why but then I'd have to kill you!

You need a quickie confession?
Well, start a waterboardin' session!

No hurry on this south American dictator
I'll assassinate him later
That's when he walked right in my laser sights,
And my silencer was on,
And my silencer was on,
And another target's gone!

Yeah, we've got our black ops all over the world, from Kazakhstan to Bombay;
Payin' the bribes like yeah, pluggin' the leaks like yeah;
Interrogating the scum of the earth, we'll break them by the break of day!

Yeeeaaahhh, it's a party in the CIA!
Yeeeaaahhh, it's a party in the CIA!

Need a country destabilized?
Look no further, we're your guys!
We've got snazzy suits and ties,
And a better dental plan than the FBI's!

Better put your hands up and get in the van,
Or else you'll get blown away!
Stagin' a coup like yeah,
Brainwashin' moles like yeah,
We only torture the folks we don't like,
You're probably gonna be OK!

Yeeeaaahhh, it's a party in the CIA!
Yeeeaaahhh, it's a party in the CIA!

ФCБ officer here. Selling vodka for bitcoins!

Yeah, the CIA is so independent it's pretty much running a show of its own. Although they do control many state governments behind the scenes. Ask Jesse Ventura about his CIA interrogations as Governor.

Here's a fun one for ya. The CIA invites Gavin to speak, then within 4 months the Silk Road appears. I'm the original person to suggest that Bitcoin would be great for CIA agents to get money to agents, but they'd need to "clean" their coin just as those who avoid the FBI, ATF, and DEA ire would need to. Intelligence agencies aren't exactly buddy-buddy, even after the Department of Homeland Security. Also, governments aren't necessarily the problem, it's always ultimately been the banking industry. Though I would argue that while the Drug War exists, a lot of good people are getting hurt for stupid reasons.

Gavin Andreesen is a CIA operative/extra-terrestrial and he posts on the forums all the time.

Not all companies will make you sign NDAs like the government, but most will have policies in place barring employee's from disclosing such information.  One big reason for this is social engineering.  Once you've gained enough information about an organization, even if it seems like it is insignificant, this can be used to gain more information from employees and managers.  Simply calling up and pretending to be a janitorial supply company verifying an "order" or other information, you can gather email address', usernames, staffing times, the possibilities are limitless, then you call later from another "company" if need be to gather further information.

I have had to sign NDA's for secure work involving the military. I can't tell you what for, but I can say that not every secret is sexy. Whoever really buys toilet paper at Langley would get canned for saying what brand they use, even though no one cares.
It was put to me this way: The new paradigm is; "I could tell you, but I would have to sue you."

Be wise they should join the business as an additional tool for all !

You are wrong. If it's true that SilkRoad holds some half million in BTC and Bitcoin were to gain traction and take off publicly they'd be holding a significant portion of the global capital available. And that would eventually make them one of the most powerful entities in the world.
I think it's naive to believe the government has no real interest in Bitcoin, they are no stupider than me or some other folks who saw the true potential in the very beginning. My guess is they're either in high alert mode and have been for a long time (only you don't really see or hear any of it) or they are shitting bricks. Or both.

Or they're joining in on the business.

Being a government employee like you say doesn't mean you know what the government is really doing. After all, you're just an employee.

They print their own money, why would they ever pay in another currency?

... you mean those TLAs that 'always' ask for permission before sticking their code into other people's boxes? Do they pay in btc I wonder?

Good for the goose is good for the gander.

That was my exact thought. Why would they even need to ask...

Not when it comes to three letter government agencies.  Anyone with the skill to pentest them wouldn't be risking the trouble it could bring when they could contact the organizations and get paid a lot of money to do it with permission.

Just get a second phone   

The best (most effective) pentesting gets done for "free" of course.

NSA was hiring at defcon.... not contract but full salary.

They prefer to keep intelligence inhouse, however they do outsource pentesting on their own network.

I'm a snitch and will talk just for the attention.   I'll tell you anything.  Except how bitcoins work, I don't really understand that.

Disclaimer: I don't know much at all so most of my information is made up.

Full disclosure: cbeast is my codename at the DoD - Department of Defiance.