@johnjcook It revealed a program that records audio of all calls transiting cell networks in Bahamas, and another country we didn’t name.
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@johnjcook Clapper claims that the other country, Afghanistan, shut down the program "the day after [the Intercept] wrote about it."1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes -
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@johnjcook What’s confusing is that the country we did name, the Bahamas, did not appear to react by shutting it down.1 reply 2 retweets 1 like -
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@johnjcook Maybe it did privately, but publicly, Bahamas’ reaction to the revelations was surprise and confusionhttps://theintercept.com/2014/05/20/bahamas-wants-know-nsa-recording-phone-calls/ …2 replies 2 retweets 1 like -
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@johnjcook Clapper knows more than I do, but the prgoram appears to have been administered under the guise of DEA cooperation w/ telecoms1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@johnjcook so maybe Afghanistan had the authority and knowledge to unilaterally shut off whatever accesses were involved w/ DEA cooperation1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@johnjcook but if so, i would imagine that the Bahamas would have been able to do the same thing1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@johnjcook and perhaps it did, and perhaps its public response of demanding answers from the U.S. was simply a show.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@johnjcook or perhaps it didn’t, because it wanted to cooperate with the U.S.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@johnjcook But it’s incongruous that Afghanistan would have the wherewithal to shut down an NSA program the day after learning abt it2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
@johnjcook Note WL disclosure came in midst of horrible rels w/Karzai.
https://www.emptywheel.net/2015/09/10/transcribing-james-clapper/ …
Shutdown likely abt that, not abt Snowden.
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