Best part of DiFi's anon aides confirming what they're trying to deny is they do it by claiming they can count what NSA says they can't.
@grumpybozo How so?
In any case, if they know it to be small, that's not the practice they claim they can't count, no?
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@emptywheel One can’t know the national status of a person who is spoken of in ‘content’ but not matched to a meatspace human. (1/3) -
@grumpybozo To clarify, THEY'RE saying they can count USPs searched in content. They're saying they CAN'T count USPs searched via metadata. -
@emptywheel Same principle applies in metadata. More structured, but USP status of referents less knowable Content can illuminate (1/2) -
@grumpybozo Right. But question is, how many times have they taken known USP identifier and used it to search incidentally collected data.
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@emptywheel Which also points to why cong. staffers want to counter NSA: this is essentially a failure of legislative centrism.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel huge intentional indisputable violation of law which may be infeasible They’ve built a haystack they can’t understand (3/3)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel This is where Emperor Alexander’s clothes get hard to see. It’s impossible to know how well NSA follows the law without a (2/3)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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