[aklug] Re: NSA expands in Alaska

On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 7:46 AM, Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com> wrote:

> * Royce Williams <royce@tycho.org> [131103 01:11]:
> > On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 11:40 PM, Greg Schmitz <greg@amipa.org> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > I must have missed the story in ADN ;)
> > >
> > > "In the funding boom that followed the Sept. 11 attacks, the agency
> > > expanded and decentralized far beyond its Fort Meade headquarters in
> > > Maryland, building or expanding major facilities in Georgia, Texas,
> > > Colorado, Hawaii, Alaska, Washington State and Utah. Its officers also
> > > operate out of major overseas stations in England, Australia, South
> Korea
> > > and Japan, at overseas military bases, and from locked rooms housing
> the
> > > Special Collection Service inside American missions abroad."
> > >
> > > "No Morsel Too Minuscule for All-Consuming N.S.A."
> > > By SCOTT SHANE
> > > Published: November 2, 2013
> > > http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/03/world/no-morsel-too-
> > > minuscule-for-all-consuming-nsa.html?hp
> > >
> >
> > Yeah, they ate all of my chips and salsa and drank all my Yoo-hoo while
> > they were staying at my house during construction.
> >
> > But they did leave me a nice review on Airbnb. :-)
>

> They drank my homebrew and stole our steak knives..
>

Kidding aside, I suspect that much of the Alaska expansion was probably
just a beefing up of the 381st Intelligence Squadron at JBER. They've been
"Doing Business As" the Air Force 6981st/381st up here since the 1950s, so
it's not huge news in some ways. Though I also ready that they're retiring
the AN/FLR-9 "Elephant Cage" out there next year or so -- one of the last
ones still operating in the world.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AN/FLR-9
https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=61.264486,-149.851198&q=loc:61.264486,-149.851198&hl=en&t=h&z=15

Royce

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