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> by all accounts, received nothing of value for the money How can you know that?
by euyyn 11y ago
> by all accounts, received nothing of value for the money
How can you know that?
- GeechieCloud 11y agocome on do all internet comments have to be perfect? how about "by all public accounts to date". I'd have though that extra context wasn't necessary.
- noir_lord 11y ago> I'd have though that extra context wasn't necessary. New to the internet? Unless you lawyer every possible comment against the most uncharitable reading while combining it with the kind of source research that would make a Harvard law professor weep a tear of joy you'll get called on it.
- d_t_w 11y agoNext time, just link: https://pchiusano.github.io/2014-10-11/defensive-writing.html https://pchiusano.github.io/2014-10-11/defensive-writing.htm...
- jdbernard 11y agoThe point is that the people who would be in a position to provide concrete evidence one way or another are very unlikely to make a public account. "All public accounts to date" that I know of are basically hearsay.
- euyyn 11y agoI was just being charitable. If I had to bet, he has no idea and no way of knowing (because the FBI isn't going to go around disclosing whatever intel they got from the phone). But maybe he had a way of knowing, so I asked. Turns out he didn't.
- Aelinsaar 11y agoI can't KNOW it, which is why I said, "By all accounts".
- cpncrunch 11y agoAccording to their own account they did get their money's worth: http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/19/politics/san-bernadino-iphone-data/ http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/19/politics/san-bernadino-iphone-... The fact that the FBI have confirmed there were no contacts with other ISIS members is valuable information.
- enraged_camel 11y ago>>How can you know that? We can't. That's the problem! The government just spend a million fucking dollars to access a phone's contents, and we have no idea if it was worth it. This lack of accountability is what's causing them to flaunt civil liberties so brazenly and shamelessly. If cornered, they always use the "it's a matter of national security!" excuse.
- Aelinsaar 11y agoYou should look into Pentagon procurement, especially for the big projects like the F-35. Eisenhower would weep.