@emptywheel @henryfarrell What I'm "bugged by" doesn't matter. I like my news stories to prove what they say. I had the same "where's the...
@Swopa You seem to be making concerted argument that NSA 1)targeted these lawyers, 2) didn't minimize. is that now your arg? @henryfarrell
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@emptywheel@henryfarrell I have no clue what the NSA did. My argument is NYT story doesn't know either, so it's basically a Rorschach test. -
@emptywheel@henryfarrell Hence, circular reasoning: If you believe NSA collects everything, you believe they did in this case. If not... ?? -
@Swopa "if you believe they collect everything" Is that ideology you're accusing me of? I believe they fully exploit targets.@henryfarrell -
@emptywheel@henryfarrell Should I ask what the difference is, or wait until I can afford an electron microscope first? :) -
@Swopa In other words, we're talking abt an entity that US and Aus has very specific interest in collecting very broadly on@henryfarrell -
@emptywheel@henryfarrell And the reason this differs from "NSA collects everything" (in a 140-character context) is... ?? -
@Swopa Targets are what the "collect everything" metadata serves to pinpoint, to then get comprehensive collections on.@henryfarrell -
@emptywheel So? (You're sliding into minutiae without explaining what it means in terms of the NYT article.) - 36 more replies
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