Edward Snowden
"The Wire" (2002) is helping the terrorists. David Simon wanted for questioning.https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/711532353684938752 …
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@AoDespair Tbf, mass surveillance wasn't pitched to catch "corner boys" or even "The Greek," but on thwarting OBLs. And there, never worked.
David Simon
@AoDespair Commercial activities (drug sales) will always generate records that sporadic offensive operations (terrorism) will not.
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@AoDespair Communications needs between the groups differ, therefore M.O.s differ. This is why IC is with Apple in @AppleVsFBI. -
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@Snowden Differences sure. But it's remains that coms are the singular place where any conspiracy is vulnerable prior to crime. Gotta try. -
@Snowden I acknowledge fears of a panopticon. I wish others would also acknowledge that coms are an elemental investigative avenue. -
@AoDespair Nobody argues against comms surveillance. They argue about scope. Handsets v. networks. "Collect it all" v. individual warrants. -
@AoDespair Mass surveillance isn't without *any* value, it's just without value in thwarting attacks -- which was the public justification. -
@Snowden@AoDespair authorizng mass surveillance is a band-aid to the larger problem: USA's unjustified foreign wars causes terror blowback -
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@AoDespair Seems like you try to make arguments by attempting to insult at the same time. Not sure the need. -
@bidupedo Folks are discussing something specific - a conundrum between privacy needs and security assets. It's complicated. And... - Show more
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@Snowden@AoDespair how do those planning sporadic offensives communicate without an electronic trail?
Bidupedo
Billy Nordstrom
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