NSA releases open-source infosec tool

But not by many of the countries we actually trade with. :-D

I applied for the US Air Force Cyber Command in 2008. While there is no way I could get a clearance I hoped to work in a purely defensive position.

At the time every branch of the military wanted its own computer security force; eventually they were unified under the Joint Forces Cyber Command, which is under the Stategic Command (STRATCOM); the Strategic Command is the joint successor to the Strategic Air Command.

(The military is heavily into the word "Joint". I cannot possibly speculate as to why.)

Each branch has its own force, MARFORCYBER for the Marines and so on.

They are all based in Ft. Meade however Ft. Meade really isn't that big. I expect they just use Ft. Meade to receive snail mail, but if you look up its Zip Code at http://www.usps.com/ in bright red text the resulting page says "The Postal Service does not deliver mail to Ft. Meade" but then provides the Zip Code.

(At least it did last time I checked.)

Also at Ft. Meade and open to the public is the National Cryptological Museum. You can see stuff like a U-2 and a real Enigma machine there.

You can apply to work for These United States at http://www.usajobs.gov/

I watched some recruiting videos when I applied to the USAF Cyber Command; one of pointed out that cell phones are not permitted in secure areas because they have a maintenance mode that enables The Phone Company to listen in without your knowledge. Have A Nice Day.

any hacker who supports the NSA or GCHQ is a traitor to the hacker culture and to the human race. these disgusting people must be stopped. the americans and british geopolitical meddling made their own enemies which they implore you to give your freedoms up for (or did, your freedoms are gone right about now) - the NSA and GCHQ need to be completely abolished and the money put into sustainable communities and fuck their terrorist mindset bullshit ideology. they create the fucking terrorists not us. ahem :)

> (The military is heavily into the word "Joint". I cannot possibly speculate as to why.)

Joint refers to a multibranch organization. The Joint Forces Cyber Command, for example, doesn't belong to a specific branch, but employs multiple branches. The commander can be Air, Army, Navy, or Marine. When any two branches work together it becomes joint.