@Swopa @emptywheel no need to make assumptions about motivations here - we know them - to keep “customers” in USG happy with relevant info.
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@Swopa@emptywheel Oh dear. Oh dear. Oh dear. The point@emptywheel has made is that _this does not flout_ legal guidelines.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Swopa@emptywheel As notorious NSA-hater Ben Wittes notes, guidelines allow them to do this. There is _no disagreement_ on this ...1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Swopa@emptywheel between people who like or dislike NSA. I explicitly do not think that the NSA is full of malign people ...1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Swopa@emptywheel but when bureaucratic institutions are given a set goal, and told that the rules allow them to take specific actions ...1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Swopa@emptywheel that conduct towards that goal, they do what bureaucracies do. Unlike your poorly chosen counter-example, you do ...1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Swopa not need to assume malign motivations to believe that they will behave in this way@emptywheel1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Swopa@emptywheel point is that the NSA isn’t breaking the rules if it uses intelligence on these conversations. It is working within them.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@henryfarrell@emptywheel This is all the same circular reasoning. I fully agree the NSA might rationalize using the intel, but you still...1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@henryfarrell@emptywheel ... don't know for a fact that they DID. Assuming it may be ideologically satisfying, but not good journalism.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@Swopa That's me. Ideological believer that bureaucracies follow--AT BEST--the rules laid out by those bureaucracies. @henryfarrell
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