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There is also a perceived threat of a threat as well though. This is how I imagine the conversation: NSA: We need your data feeds in order to protect you
by junto 11y ago
There is also a perceived threat of a threat as well though. This is how I imagine the conversation:
NSA: We need your data feeds in order to protect you
using our super-duper 'big data' intel tools. Install
these black boxes and we'll tell you when you are
under imminent threat.
BND: Um, not sure about this. Not sure it might be
illegal?
NSA: You wouldn't want a terrorist attack like the one in
Madrid, or London on German soil would you?
BND: Sigh, give us the black boxes then.
NSA: Oh oops slight porky... they are already installed. We
just needed your permission.
- dalke 11y agoYou imagine NSA would use British slang? ;) (I had to look up what 'porky' meant in this context. Apparently 'very big lie', and perhaps rhyming slang for porky pie => lie.)
- calpaterson 11y agoOne of the problems of being British (a crime I suspect the GP of) is you don't always know what is British slang
- Vivtek 11y agoYeah, that supposed NSA guy is even inexplicably using single quotes.