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on June 24, 2013 in World News

Former Facebook Security Chief Works for NSA

Facebook’s former security chief Max Kelly now works for the National Security Agency (NSA), reports the New York Times. Kelly, whom the Center for Responsive Politics lists as having donated $1,150 to the Obama campaign in 2008, also previously worked at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). He left Facebook for the NSA in 2010, one year after the social media giant reportedly joined the NSA’s top-secret PRISM program. Kelly’s position at the NSA is presently unknown. The revelation is the latest example of the growing fusion between so-called Big Data Silicon Valley tech firms and government. Indeed, given the… View Article

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