One of most toxic parts of 4 years campaign to pretend all spying = terrorists is suggestion all SIGINT targets VERY BAD PEOPLE. Not True.
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Replying to @emptywheel
Of course not - they protect us - I think most know that
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Replying to @jaytay777
You must have misunderstood. My point is MUCH SIGINT doesn't "protect" us.
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Replying to @emptywheel
Yeah - I'm lost - thought SIGINT acronym for IC branch - not good at this
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Replying to @jaytay777
SIGINT is the kind of collection. Both NSA and FBI might be involved in stuff affecting US persons, CIA less so.
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Replying to @emptywheel
Got it. Thanks. R you saying don't get hopes up on significance of Trump surveillance b/c might be of casual variety?
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Replying to @jaytay777
Yes. Precisely. It sounds like it was interesting from intel perspective but prolly not corruption one.
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Replying to @emptywheel
I'm a pretty realistic person and would normally say "nothing there" if not for the sheer tidal wave of obfuscation
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There's a whole lot of smoke AND the obfuscation, yes.
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