No such thing has 100% solution. Just not how intel it works. But error rate above 0 doesn't mean it "doesn't work."
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Replying to @Susan_Hennessey @emptywheel
My point is the need for intellectual honesty here. USG can't say "We would have stopped this but for Whatsapp."
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Replying to @Susan_Hennessey
Well, the IC has a long long way to go to reach that. Any many outlandish claims to live down first.
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Replying to @emptywheel
Be the change you wish to see. IC can and should be more candid. But let's stop pretending other side's problems are fabricated.
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Replying to @Susan_Hennessey
Yes, there are other things on that list--like linguistic skills--that can also be addressed with urgency but aren't.
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Replying to @emptywheel
Crypto is LE problem. Prove it. How about Paris attack? NO PROOF OF USE! Ok, here's proof. Well, it didn't matter anyway.
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Replying to @Susan_Hennessey
2) "Problem" is "hurts oppty to thwart attack." What did that here, given evidence, is metadata dragnet fail, among others.
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Replying to @emptywheel
Yes, metadata has failure rate. Still useful. When job is to ID possible threats and then real threat subset, content matters.
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Replying to @Susan_Hennessey @emptywheel
Very rare to have showstopping "but for this X tool, attack" story. Even rarer to say "if we'd had X we could have stopped it"
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Replying to @Susan_Hennessey @emptywheel
And neither would mean we have to accept that ends justify means. But considering stakes, should be duty of intellectual honesty
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Great. Let me know when IC-leak based story hangs together. This one doesn't.
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