@20committee The dominance in SIGINT one? Asking different Q now. If we DIDN'T have dominance, would that change HUMINT behavior? @DaveedGR
@20committee Again, that was also presumed and reflected in my point. @DaveedGR
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@emptywheel@DaveedGR Perhaps obvious to you. You have very little understanding of cross-INT dynamics in US IC. -
@20committee Assuming that's true, how in a counterfactual do we know what might be?@DaveedGR -
@emptywheel@20committee decrease in sigint capabilities cannot be replaced with other "ints" like humint, if that's what you asked -
@entropy68 Nope. Not exactly. It's if we didn't have distinct technical advantages in SIGINT we'd approach intel differently.@20committee -
@emptywheel@entropy68 But we do, and always have .... -
@20committee Which, again, was built into my question. I think you've agreed that Snowden revelations may lessen that advantage?@entropy68 -
@emptywheel@entropy68 Lot of damage to NSA programs here, but how serious TBD. -
@20committee But I doubt many countries have will/$$ to move off US-centric backbone.@entropy68 - 2 more replies
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