XKEYSCORE’s most productive AOR is Afghanistan, where it’s used to try to monitor militants planning IED attacks.
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Replying to @marcambinder
@marcambinder Interesting how rationale for programs comes back to IEDs. http://www.emptywheel.net/2013/07/15/wherein-alexander-the-great-conquers-the-world/ … If so, why Afghanistan less successful?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel there's a lot of BS talk about IEDs, but isn't it also possible that IEDs would be worse w/o such collection programs?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @tweetsintheME
@tweetsintheME Absolutely. Tho Iraq claims pretty clearly piggy backed on other activities. But I asked why Afghanistan less succesful.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel less successful in general, or in comparison to Iraq, something else?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @tweetsintheME
@tweetsintheME And that well before the (Afghan) surge. Mostly a correlation/causation issue, I think.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel to compare to a counterfactual. Or at least very difficult.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@tweetsintheME True. Which probably makes it poor thing to hang a beat sweetener on, as WaPo did. Now, just commenting that it is...familiar
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