The NSA had started test-driving a game-changing new robot, code-named Turbine, to take over management of its vast implant apparatus. Described internally as “an intelligence command and control” that would enable “industrial-scale exploitation,” Turbine was designed to operate “like the brain.” The Turbine robot was part of a broader “Owning the Net” NSA initiative and if all went well, officials believed it could ultimately supplant humans in operating the NSA’s vast digital spiderweb.
