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> the last time we called on a government security solution for a problem that was perceived as too difficult and too critical for the private sector that had b
by hackuser 10y ago
> the last time we called on a government security solution for a problem that was perceived as too difficult and too critical for the private sector that had been, up to that time, managing the issue. / That's roughly how the Department of Homeland Security was born
I'm pretty sure the U.S. government has taken on other security issues since the DHS was founded in 2002.
- sbuttgereit 10y agoAnd what's your point caller? Your statement sounds like blind trust and assumption rather than any actual knowledge. Sorry, I can't do that. So let me run the exercise a bit... DHS... Patriot Act?... All that Snowden revealed stuff?... Invasion of Iraq?... Lybia?... Syria?... the U.S. Border?... OK... a bit glib, but the point is there: where are the successes where the government protected citizens successfully without a disproportionate reduction of rights of those citizens. Off the top of my head, I can cite about as many as you did. I imagine there are some out there... but the track record isn't so good.