Web’s Reach Binds N.S.A. and Silicon Valley Leaders

Spy agencies invest in Silicon Valley start-ups, award classified contracts and recruit technology experts like Max Kelly.  C-Span

nytimes.com - by JAMES RISEN and NICK WINGFIELD - June 19, 2013

WASHINGTON — When Max Kelly, the chief security officer for Facebook, left the social media company in 2010, he did not go to Google, Twitter or a similar Silicon Valley concern. Instead the man who was responsible for protecting the personal information of Facebook’s more than one billion users from outside attacks went to work for another giant institution that manages and analyzes large pools of data: the National Security Agency.

Mr. Kelly’s move to the spy agency, which has not previously been reported, underscores the increasingly deep connections between Silicon Valley and the agency and the degree to which they are now in the same business.

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