Jacobsen also drew an interesting parallel between different utopian communities, or rather groups who promise a version of utopia, that can pose a threat to national security. “The NSA is probably most important for your community, Jacobsen added, mentioning specific tools the NSA uses to monitor communications like Open-Source Intelligence, compiled by large computer systems as a way to dragnet mass intelligence, techniques revealed by whistleblower Edward Snowden to have been used on the American people. “Military technology is the foundation” for crypto, she began the podcast declaring. While Jacobsen is well known for reporting on topics like national security, intelligence, military technology and government secrecy, her views on crypto are much less known. Author and investigative reporter Annie Jacobsen tackled the questions of whether Bitcoin is part of a counter-cultural dissident movement and whether cryptocurrency been infiltrated by the CIA during a recent episode of the Bankless podcast hosted by Ryan Adams and David Hoffman.
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