NSA site recruits kids to spy on Americans
with cartoon codebreaker turtle
http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20060506_nsa_codebreakers_crypto
kids/
6 May 2006
The NSA : Fostering a New Generation of Code Breakers
The presumed next head of the CIA, Gen. Michael Hayden, once ran the
National Security Agency. Fine. But check out the home page of the NSA's
website: It's got a cartoon picture that leads to a kid-friendly site [
http://www.nsa.gov/kids
]called Cryptokids : America's Future Codemakers
and
Codebreakers. It's filled with decryption games and NSA employment
resources.
Huh ? Cartoons appeal to 7-year-olds. How many of them are going to be
surfing the NSA's website ? And if the agency is trying to recruit high
school students [ http://www.nsa.gov/kids
], why use a cartoon turtle as a
roper ?
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