A Good American tells the story of the best code-breaker the USA ever had and how he and a small team within NSA created a surveillance tool that could pick up any electronic signal on earth, filter it for targets and render results in real-time while keeping the privacy as demanded by the US constitution.
The tool was perfect - except for one thing: it was way too cheap. Therefor NSA leadership, who had fallen into the hands of industry, dumped it - three weeks prior to 9/11. In a secret test-run of the program against the pre-9/11-NSA database in early 2002 the program immediately found the terrorists.
This is the story of former Technical director of NSA, Bill Binney, and a program called ThinThread.
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A Good American
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Adam's Song
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Aliens Exist
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All The Small Things
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Anthem
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Anthem Part Two
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Blame It On My Youth
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Bored To Death
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California
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Dammit
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Darkside
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Don't Leave Me
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Down
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Dumpweed
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Dysentery Gary
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Every Time I Look For You
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Feeling This
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First Date
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Generational Divide
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Give Me One Good Reason
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Go
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Going Away To College
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Happy Days
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Happy Holidays, You Bastard
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Heaven
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I Miss You
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I Really Wish I Hated You
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Mutt
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No Heart To Speak Of
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On Some Emo Shit
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Online Songs
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Pin the Grenade
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Please Take Me Home
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Ransom
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Reckless Abandon
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Roller Coaster
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She's Out Of Her Mind
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Shut Up
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Sober
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Stay Together For The Kids
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Story Of A Lonely Guy
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The First Time
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The Party Song
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The Rock Show
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Wendy Clear
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What's My Age Again?
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Run Away
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Black Rain
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Hungover You
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Remember To Forget Me
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Human
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Glamorous Indie Rock And Roll - Sawdust Version
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The Ballad Of Michael Valentine
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Mr. Brightside
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When You Were Young
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Read My Mind
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To the Country*
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Guy Farley:
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Washington**
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Guy Farley:
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CIA Pounding**
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Guy Farley:
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Little Project*
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1965 & Vietnam*
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Abstract Data*
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Guy Farley:
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Letter From God**
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Guy Farley:
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Tracking Russia**
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Guy Farley:
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Solving Problems*
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Guy Farley:
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Bin Laden**
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Guy Farley:
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Cryptology*
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Guy Farley:
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Send me a Memo*
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Guy Farley:
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Two Disc PC*
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Guy Farley:
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The SARC*
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Guy Farley:
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The Globe*
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Guy Farley:
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Building ThinThread**
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Guy Farley:
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The Sessionizer I**
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Guy Farley:
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The Sessionizer II**
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Guy Farley:
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Big Ass Graph*
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General Hayden**
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Guy Farley:
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Protections**
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Guy Farley:
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1967 Vietnam**
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Guy Farley:
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USS Cole Attack**
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Guy Farley:
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SAIC**
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Guy Farley:
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Twin Towers**
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Guy Farley:
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New Equipment*
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Guy Farley:
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Retirements**
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Guy Farley:
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Terminations*
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Guy Farley:
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Dirty Laundry*
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The FBI Raid*
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