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They probably mean they protect the nation the same way the US military protects the nation by fighting wars abroad.
by rebuilder 10y ago
They probably mean they protect the nation the same way the US military protects the nation by fighting wars abroad.
- mirimir 10y agoFor sure. But then, consider national defense efforts during the Cold War. I've never heard that NSA does anything at that level.
- Godel_unicode 10y agoIf they were doing their job, would you expect to hear about it? See the comments in this thread about Enigma. It's an interesting thought exercise; how do you tell the difference between peace which is organic and peace created through really effective intelligence?
- mirimir 10y agoI'm not arguing that the NSA is ineffective. I'm just saying that I haven't heard of much on the purely defensive side. Or at least, that's what I get from Bamford and the Snowden stuff. Maybe their defense is just unreported.