[1]Sue Gordon: Silicon Valley Should Work With the Government:
Sue Gordon, the principal deputy director of national intelligence,
wakes up every day at 3 am, jumps on a Peloton, and reads up on all
the ways the world is trying to destroy the United States. By the
afternoon noon, she has usually visited the Oval Office and met with
the heads of the 17 intelligence agencies to get threat reports. The
self-described "chief operating officer of the intelligence
community" has a lot to worry about, but the 37-year veteran is
generally optimistic about America's future. Now, she says, she just
needs Silicon Valley to realize that [2]tech and government don't
have to be opposed.
On a recent trip to Silicon Valley, Gordon sat down with WIRED to
talk about how much government needs Silicon Valley to join the
fight to keep the US safe. She was in town to speak at conference at
Stanford, but also to convince tech industry leaders industry that
despite [3]increasing employee concerns, the government and tech
have a lot of shared goals.
"I had a meeting with Google where my opening bid was: 'We're in the
same business'. And they're like 'What?' And I said: 'Using
information for good,'" Gordon says.
That's a hard sell in Silicon Valley, especially [4]in the
post-Snowden years. After Snowden's leaks, tech companies and tech
workers didn't want to be seen as complicit with a government that
spied on its own people-a fact Gordon disputes, saying that any
collection of citizen's information was incidental and purged by
their systems. This led to a much-publicized disconnect between the
two power centers, one that has only grown more entrenched and
public in 2018, as Silicon Valley has undergone something of an
ethical awakening.
(Via [5]Security Latest)
I'd say I have complicated emotions about this, but it's my rational
brain that struggles. I don't know if Ms. Gordon's story makes it
better but I appreciate seeing a bit from her perspective.
Also on:
[6]Twitter
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References
1.
https://www.wired.com/story/sue-gordon-us-intelligence-public-private-google-amazon
2.
https://www.wired.com/story/why-big-tech-and-the-government-need-to-work-together/
3.
https://www.wired.com/story/why-tech-worker-dissent-is-going-viral/
4.
https://www.wired.com/2014/08/edward-snowden/
5.
https://www.wired.com/feed/category/security/latest/rss
6.
https://twitter.com/prjorgensen/status/1065348284263350277
7.
https://www.prjorgensen.com/?p=2333