@emptywheel @leahmcelrath @RidT Snowden did a lot of damage to NSA
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@lehimesa That's funny. The metadata dragnet failed both before and after. They can't entirely evade that either.@leahmcelrath@RidT
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@emptywheel Fact is,#ParisAttacks could've been pulled off with no electronic communication at all. Face to face meetings, passed notes etc -
@RobtBell That's probably pushing it. Not w/people in Belgium and Syria (if true). You need some, but you can manage it. -
@emptywheel Not so sure. Someone travels Syria-Turkey-Europe, meets someone in Belgium, who drives to France. Terrorism predates telephone!
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@emptywheel @alfiedotwtf Why isn't the public discourse around#dragnet about response capability rather than prevention? -
@least_nathan Because with just a few exceptions that's what govt officials have said it was about? @alfiedotwtf -
@emptywheel @alfiedotwtf Ok. But why? Isn't this stronger: ‶When terrorism occurs, we'll be much faster / more accurate w/ a dragnet.″ -
@emptywheel @alfiedotwtf I'll bet since public funding is all based on peddling hope, complete prevention sounds wonderful.
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@emptywheel Get ready for a wave of intel agents on yer PS4. Do you think they'll be good at Rocket League?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel but what about all those classified things that were stopped because of metadata dragnets! UGHThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel@Mr_Completely@RidT You said "bulk intercept."Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel@GreatDismal it's not meant to catch anything but taxpayer money is whyThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel@TimGNorman The metadata dragnet is as much about stopping terrorism as bears are about ensuring adequate supplies of moondust.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel@RidT exactly. WTFThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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