The existence of advanced, clandestine surveillance technologies on both sides of the Atlantic, revealed through the leaks of the National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden, suggests we are in new territory, potentially a lawless vacuum, when trying to define the authority of intrusive surveillance by governments.
As recently as 2012, it seemed that Web Real-Time Communication, or WebRTC, was so clandestine that the technology was a skunk works project, hidden in a back office somewhere in Silicon Valley.
The pattern of evidence comes as no surprise to those who track the clandestine trade in weapons technology and materials.
While giving his testimony, Atran called on the U.S. government to engage social scientists more directly in open, peer-reviewed studies of terrorism, rather than relying on clandestine intelligence and antiterrorism technology.
Modern digital technology had made clandestine communications with overseas agents seem routine.
After the war, German scientists were taken to nearby White Sands to develop rocket-launching technology in a clandestine program code-named Operation Paperclip.
Surrounded by the lush greenery of Laurel Canyon, just minutes from the Sunset Strip, the lab drew on Hollywood talent and technology to pursue its clandestine ends.
Gross, a longtime supporter of Jewish causes, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for importing banned technology and trying to establish clandestine internet service for Cuban Jews.
In the endless quest for athletic advantage, a handful of major league baseball teams are engaged in an elaborate, largely clandestine race to master an advanced imaging technology that some baseball officials think could influence the way athletes of all ages train, perform and recover from injuries.
Cuba arrested Gross, now 65, on Dec. 3, 2009, and later convicted the U.S. Agency for International Development USAIDD) subcontractor to 15 years in prison for importing banned technology and trying to establish clandestine internet service for Cuban Jews.
