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They can't tell you when their own government goes fishing in their pond so they talk about Iran instead.
by lolc 8y ago
They can't tell you when their own government goes fishing in their pond so they talk about Iran instead.
- ariwilson 8y agohttps://transparencyreport.google.com/user-data/overview?user_requests_report_period=series:requests,accounts;authority:US;time:&lu=user_requests_report_period https://transparencyreport.google.com/user-data/overview?use...
- rule_follower 8y agoThose are actions with judicial oversight. I believe OP was referring to NSLs and other IC actions.
- Buge 8y agoNSLs are counted here, and ones without non-disclosure obligations have the actual letter published. https://transparencyreport.google.com/user-data/us-national-security https://transparencyreport.google.com/user-data/us-national-...
- rule_follower 8y agoShould have specified NSLs that cannot be disclosed but the IC activity is far more significant.
- Buge 8y agoIt appears even NSLs that cannot be disclosed are still counted in the published numbers. IC is Intelligence Community? I would assume google would warn users of phishing attacks by the NSA just as they would warn users of phishing attacks by Iran.
- pstuart 8y agoAt this point I'm actually less worried about the NSA and their friends then the NRA and theirs.
- mindcrime 8y agoAs someone who is - or has been - a member of all of: the NRA, Gun Owners of America, Citizens Committee For The Right To Keep And Bear Arms, the Second Amendment Foundation, and Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership, I have to ask "why?" What exactly about NRA members and associates scares you?
- pstuart 8y agoBy "friends" I was referring to reports that the NRA has been a front for the Russian government as an agent of social division. Here I am, breaking HN rules by making a political statement, but if the facts are true (and I believe them to be), it is indeed an issue of relevance to the "hacker community". > What exactly about NRA members and associates scares you? If you think the following link (an NRA commercial) is ok, then you terrify me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtGOQFf9VCE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtGOQFf9VCE
- mindcrime 8y agoBy "friends" I as referring to reports that the NRA has been a front for the Russian government as an agent of social division. Meh. Russian government, American government, whatever. I consider them all the enemy. If you think the following link (an NRA commercial) is ok, then you terrify me: LOL. It's not my favorite ad, but that's mainly because I'm not a Republican and every time I hear "they" in that ad I know they're talking about "the left" or "the democrats" while in my mind "they" should actually be "the government" in general. shrug Of course that Republican leaning bias is probably the main reason I don't support the NRA as actively as I might otherwise. If they would stick to 2A issues and nothing else, I'd be much more in their corner.
- dang 8y agoHN rules don't ask you not to make political statements, but please don't do political flamewars here, and especially not add personal swipes into the mix. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html