By Judi McLeod —— Bio and Archives October 10, 2013
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“Within the last 13 months, at least 10 electric surges have each cost about $100,000 in damages, according to documents obtained by The Wall Street Journal. Experts agree that the system, which requires about 64 megawatts of electricity--that’s about a $1 million a month energy bill--isn’t able to run all of its computers and servers while keeping them cool, which is likely triggering the meltdown. “For a country that prides itself on being a technology leader, not knowing the electrical capacity requirements for a system as large as this is inexcusable”.The NSA of Spies are Us fame, are not collating information mined from unwitting citizens, they’re frying it. For those still in the Bama Drama Game, now would be the best time to send the NSA all your monster files. And get this: “According to the Army Corps of Engineers (ACE), which is in charge of overseeing the data center’s construction, ACE disagreed with the contractor and said the meltdowns are “not yet sufficiently understood”. Guess getting around to understanding the meltdowns will require billions more. The facility, named the Utah Data Center lived in the middle of nowhere, under the radar, until last spring. Although Wired had been writing about the facility, If Canada Free Press (CFP) hadn’t written about its attended by dignitaries launch party on May 30, it might still be under the radar, albeit burning more quietly. The facility is the largest of several new NSA data centers central to the agency’s massive surveillance program that was exposed by former NSA contractor turned leaker Edward Snowden earlier this year. Had he not taken proof of NSA’s spying on citizens, files of NSA guilt may have gone up in flames. “Communications from all around the world in the form of emails, cell phone calls and Google searches, among other digital details are stored in the center’s databases, which are said to be larger than Google’s biggest data center. But due to the major system meltdowns, the NSA hasn’t been able to use the center’s databases, which it has claimed are crucial for national security.” Billions of taxpayer dollars have been wasted by the Obama administration, which even after blowing $634 million for ObamaCare sites, can’t sign on clients. Is it any wonder that this is the president and party that have been unable (or unwilling) to pass a budget in the past five years? EXCLUSIVE: Just 51,000 people completed Obamacare applications during the website's first week, out of tens of millions of Americans in 36 states By David Martosko, U.S. Political Editor, Daily Mail - 10 October 2013
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Judi McLeod is an award-winning journalist with 30 years’ experience in the print media. A former Toronto Sun columnist, she also worked for the Kingston Whig Standard. Her work has appeared on Rush Limbaugh, Newsmax.com, Drudge Report, Foxnews.com.