Untitled Document
Encyclopedia Britannica explains that the foundation of the Internet was "inspired
by advances in science and technology that occurred as a result of World War II;
the NSF was established by the U.S. Congress in the National Science Foundation
Act of 1950." What the NSF is, in other words, is one of a blizzard of intelligence
fronts that were set up in the immediate aftermath of the forming of the CIA itself
in 1947.
Of course, just because the beloved internet was begun as an intelligence entity
and is still administered by a government agency doesn't mean that it still
functions as an intelligence tool. It is worth noting, however, that the company
that was primarily responsible for repackaging the internet into a civilian
entity, America Online, is perhaps the most thinly veiled intelligence front
ever conceived.
This can be easily verified by a visit to AOL's corporate website,
where visitors learn - among other things - that the
company is headquartered in Dulles, Virginia.
Curious as to where this might be, I attempted to locate the city of
Dulles on a couple of maps, to no avail. This, I learned, was because Dulles
is actually an offshoot of Langley, Virginia.
Langley is also rather difficult to locate on a map. For the uninitiated, this
is because Langley, Virginia is the home of the Central Intelligence Agency.
In fact, there isn't much else in Langley, Virginia, which exists almost exclusively
to provide residence to the thousands of employees of the CIA's headquarters.
And it is precisely there that you will find the home of AOL. Apparently recognizing
the negative connotations of a Langley mailing address, the company essentially
created a 'suburb' and named it Dulles. Dulles, by the way, is named in honor
of the notorious Dulles siblings, Allen and John Foster, whose names were virtually
synonymous with the U.S. intelligence infrastructure through both World Wars
and much of the Cold War.
Another fact about AOL that belies its true function is the composition
of its Board
of Directors.
Here you will find such high-level military/intelligence assets as
General Colin Powell and General Alexander Haig. All of which gives a whole
new meaning to that all-seeing eye that comprises the company's logo.
The ways in which we are encouraged to use the internet also belie an intelligence
function. Perhaps the most popular use is for communicating via e-mail, which
is rapidly replacing other modes of communication. Not coincidentally, e-mail
communications are far easier to intercept than are correspondence by phone
or letter, especially given that they are traveling on a network designed by
spooks.
