So every single pusillanimous quisling who got up and told us that (while definitely big and impressive) the NSAâs little operation was 100% abuse-free (which is to say, virtually everybody ostensibly watching the watchers) was either pitifully underequipped to serve as oversight(but unwilling to admit that) or lying through their teeth, or both.
Well. Fuck.
âZero abuses of NSA PRISM, and thatâs no bullshitâ -Keith âLying Mâferâ Alexander
This is irrelevant. The discussion isnât over whether the NSA protects US citizensâ privacy good enough, but over whether they have the right to run a surveillance dragnet of such magnitude and intrusiveness. The fundamental argument of the NSA supporters is that the surveillance isnât a problem if they do it good enough. If we acknowledge that they arenât doing it good enough, then we have accepted their argument. All they would have to respond is: âweâll fix it and add more safeguardsâ. This is a bait and switch. They are trying for force us into an ends justifies the means argument. But the real argument is over principles and the Constitution, not over how little collateral damage was caused. The argument of opposers must always be about the 4th Amendment. Always.
Heâs in an âundisclosed locationâ in Russia. Russian officials actually deny that heâs in Moscow.
So thatâs the first part of âFoot In Mouth Fridayâ with the embarrassing disclosure. Weâve got a few hours yet until close of business in Washington DC for the second part and the embarrassing government press conference. Have you got enough popcorn?
Ah, but the NSA has a different definition of âzeroâ âabuseâ âofâ âNSAâ âPrismâ, âcommaâ âandâ âthatâsâ ânoâ âbullshitâ.
The headline here only emphasizes the real problem. Theyâre not breaking the ârulesâ, theyâre breaking the LAW and violating the Constitution.
Searching for âEricssonâ in combination with âradioâ or âradarâ looks much like industrial espionage to me. My source is heise.de, who also posted an analysis of the NSA audit.
We get it, youâre a whistle blower. You donât need to keep linking to your blog.
Exactly. Next up, they will concede that one FISA court is insufficient, so Congress will create another secret arm to watch FISA, which will mean that theyâve successfully baited and switched us again into agreeing to the general principle of secret courts. When, in fact, there should be NO secret courts deciding constitutionality, and no secret arms overseeing them, and no secret massive dragnet surveillance programs, period. As they say in the Cloud Atlas, âI will not be subjected to criminal abuse.â
FISA has to go. There is no compromise. America will continue to degrade and regress at an ever increasing rate if their isnât a complete 180 degree about face. There is no other alternative.
Apologies in advance for my poor attempt at humor, but I canât help but spin this constitutional atrocity as a feeble joke. If I may:
The NSAâs recent exposures remind me of a phrase weâve ALL heard/said before, âTrust me; just the tipâŚâ
Their use of language is also really disingenuous.
- âWorkload Issuesâ means "Pressure to say âYesâ overrides willingness to take the time to investigate the request and decide whether it should or shouldnât be approved even under the amazingly broad guidelines for approval.
- âDid not follow standard operating proceduresâ means âSaid âYesâ without even pretending to be too busy.â
- âOverly broad search termsâ means not only â20* for Egypt instead of ^20* also matches 1-202- for Washington DCâ*, but also âSearching for things theyâre not legally allowed to search for, just because they canâ
- âComputer errorsâ means âbad design decisionsâ (not that theyâre the only people in the world who use that excuse.)
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