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NSA, CIA and all their friends exist for the sole reason that they can't spy on Americans. That's why they exist, because the constitution doesn't apply to fore
by revelation 10y ago
NSA, CIA and all their friends exist for the sole reason that they can't spy on Americans. That's why they exist, because the constitution doesn't apply to foreigners. They would be a walking terrorist organisation otherwise.
So your question becomes "why can't the police do what the intelligence services already do?" and the obvious answer is that "because then they stop being police and are instead secret police or Gestapo".
- alanwatts 10y ago>NSA, CIA and all their friends exist for the sole reason that they can't spy on Americans. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr.#NSA_monitoring_of_King.27s_communications https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr.#NSA_mon...
- revelation 10y agoTheres the legal theory and then there is the 100 years worth of experience with intelligence agencies, which is that they are mostly useless and will over time expand their influence and power and dig under the pillars of democracy.