The surprising locations of the servers… reportedly include China, Ecuador, Russia, Sudan, and Venezuela. In short, the NSA has managed to either place or gain access to servers in a collection of countries that are deeply hostile to the United States. Put another way, computer technicians in every one of those countries are probably combing through their systems right now to figure out ways to boot out the NSA.
This is an interesting angle on the latest of Edward Snowden’s revelations.
Meet the NSA’s New Data Centers: Russia, China, and Venezuela