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of history, and today I

don't believe I was.

I worked on a DGS, a

Distributed Ground System.

As the name implies, I mean,

it's a distributed system.

And it spans the globe,

and it eats data.

And it eats lots, and

lots, and lots of data.

This is global. This

is getting information

anywhere, at any time.

Shooting people from

anywhere, at any time.

And it's not just one

person sitting there

with a little remote

control, a little joystick

moving around a plane that's

halfway across the world.

That's not all there is.

It's like borders

don't matter anymore.

And there's a huge

system that spans

the globe that can just suck up

endless amounts of your life.

Your personal data.

I mean, this could grow

to get so out of control.

And we're not the only

ones that have this.

This is gonna be commonplace,

if it's not already.

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It's a secret program,

and what that means

is that I can't just go

shouting off the hilltops

telling the public what it is.

What I can tell

you is that to me,

one person who worked

within this massive thing,

it's frightening.

If I'm beginning with this

really long sentence.

"Sergeant Lang also spearheaded

the emission security

and accredidation process

for four coalition computer

networks enabling the

exploitation of 2,400 sorties,

and resulted in the timely

and accurate identification

of 121,000 insurgent

targets in support

of Operations Iraqi Freedom

and Enduring Freedom."

And then it goes on.

That means that the system

that I worked on basically

identified 121,000

insurgent targets.

121,000 lives affected by

technology that we control.

And in this case, we're talking

about a two year period.

So how many years have

we been at war now?

At least 12. Multiply.

Add up some numbers

and see what's really going on.

Dear Lord, we thank you

for this beautiful day.

We thank you for

friends and families.

Thank you for

everyone, everything

that you've given us.

Bless this food and

nourish our bodies.

Give everyone safety

in their travel.

Amen.

Dig in.

HEATHER:
I was an imagery

analyst. And a screener.

My job was to watch

what's happening

in the video... the drones...

The live video of course.

And identify everything.

Another remote duty

station-you'd

have the pilot of course... who

was flying the actual aircraft.

And the sensor operator, who

is moving the camera around.

They were the ones that

actually push the button.

I do not push the button.

I just identify what

necessitates a button pushing.

We can't just bomb

someone and fly away.

We have to follow through.

The bomb hit, and wait for

it to cool down a little bit.

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