Future Spy: Yottabytes of Data Fills NSA Cloud Monitoring the Global Information Grid

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March 22, 2012

The NSA is storing all global communications as they add a $2 Billion Total Awareness Utah Center to the cloud, and promise that one day the Yottabytes of Big Data will be deciphered.

“NSA’s Secret Data Center Is A Threat — But Only To America’s Enemies“ which was the follow up Forbes.com article responding to the recent Wired article by James Bamford’s ”The NSA Is Building the Country’s Biggest Spy Center (Watch What You Say)“

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What is the NSA building? Cascade to be the fastest most powerfuL computer in the world designed to decipher stored data!

WHO AUTHORIZED THIS PROJECT?
WHAT IS A YOTTABYTE?

The following is the letter sent to the President of the United States supporting the development of the NSA program to monitor the Global Information Grid.

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Dear Mr. President:

We write to you to ask for your continued support and leadership to advance the Department of Energy’s (DOE) exascale computing initiative. America’s leadership in high performance computing (HPC) is essential to a vast range of national priorities in science, energy, environment, health, and national security.

U.S. leadership in HPC is threatened by strategic governmental investments in HPC programs in China, Japan, South Korea, Russia, and the European Union. In November 2010 the most powerful U.S. supercomputer was unseated and now ranks only third in the world behind computers from Japan and China. These foreign governments have recognized the crucial role HPC plays in both developing new technologies and increasing efficiencies in existing systems — leadership in HPC means greater economic competitiveness and national security.

For decades the U.S. was the leader in HPC through collaborative efforts led by the DOE between national laboratories, academia, and industry. Investments in HPC have enabled extraordinary scientific and technical advances in support of DOE’s mission priorities and many Federal agencies, including the Department of Defense, the National Science Foundation, the National Institute of Health, the Department of Homeland Security, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, rely heavily on supercomputing and advances in HPC.

Now, the race is on to develop exascale computing capabilities — supercomputers 1000 times more powerful than the fastest computers today. This will require the development of new computer architectures with improved power consumption, memory, reliability, and software. As with previous generations of HPC systems, the resulting technological advances will further support Federal priorities like energy research and national security and will be integrated into electronics industries strengthening high-tech competitiveness and driving economic growth.

The U.S. cannot afford to cede leadership in HPC, and the DOE has embarked on a program that again combines the talents of the national laboratories, academia, and industry to develop exascale computing capabilities by the year 2020. Due to the competitive nature of HPC and the progress and governmental support foreign competitors are enjoying, it is critical that the U.S. not delay its exascale computing efforts.

We commend you for the support of exascale computing you have already shown by requesting the initial funding in the FY2012 Budget Request. Given the strong support our global competitors are receiving, it is imperative that the U.S. continue to commit resources to remain competitive in the HPC race to exascale capability.

We encourage you to continue your support of the DOE exascale computing initiative through a request in the FY2013 Budget Request.

The following senators signed this letter:

Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)
John Boozman (R-AR)
Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
Scott Brown (R-MA)
Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
Christopher Coons (D-DE)
Bob Corker (R-TN)
Richard Durbin (D-IL)
Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
Al Franken (DFL-MN)
Kristen Gillibrand (D-NY)
Kay Hagan (D-NC)
Mark Kirk (R-IL)
Herb Kohl (D-WI)
Amy Klobuchar (DFL-MN)
Jon Kyl (R-AZ)
Carl Levin (D-MI)
Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
Patty Murray (D-WA)
Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
Charles Schumer (D-NY)
Tom Udall (D-NM)
Ron Wyden (D-OR)

Who is leading the NSA today John C. (Chris) Inglis?

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