Heading to the Hill today to chase down senators and ask them tough questions. Who has a good question for a senator today?
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Replying to @StevenTDennis
@StevenTDennis You can ask some Intel folks why dragnet failed. You can ask random people if they would have kept out Steve Jobs' father.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel 1. Presuming their answer will be terrorists learned bc Snowden to use secure comms. 2. I wondered about Jobs question y'dy.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @StevenTDennis
@StevenTDennis Except that the metadata dragnet failed, which makes encryption question far less important.http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2015/11/the_paris_attacks_weren_t_stopped_by_metadata_surveillance_that_hasn_t_stopped.html?curator=TechREDEF …1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel We don't know enough yet if the program could have prevented attack w/changes. Also, could be used today to find chains, right?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @StevenTDennis
@StevenTDennis W/changes? What? The dragnet covering France is the full dragnet. It doesn't get more dragnettery!1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel More resources, etc. If you are trying to find needle in very large haystack, many more people looking through haystack.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @StevenTDennis
@StevenTDennis 1 Q might be KINDS of people. Arabic language still serves as quasi-encryption given limited # of translators.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel Yes. Also question is if terrorists have changed comms in react to knowledge of dragnet. Listening to wrong forest?3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@StevenTDennis Terrorists have always changed. When you drone-strike someone, it's better indication comms need to change than Snowden leaks
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