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> Note that since it wasn't immediately apparent to me what or when the data was collected, this is about bulk collection of financial data in order to combat I

• boomboomsubban 5y ago
  >The second statement does not logically follow from the first. Yes it does, "it was not immediately apparent, so I did some research and it was x. Now you don't need to do the research." And the CIA is mandated to produce such reports, while they could add malware it'd likely be more of a liability than a benefit.
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  • rendall 5y ago
    Okay, got it. > "it was not immediately apparent, so I did some research and it was x. Now you don't need to do the research." If OP had written that, I'd have understood. > And the CIA is mandated to produce such reports, while they could add malware it'd likely be more of a liability than a benefit. I had a passing paralysis of paranoia. I'm not normally prone to paranoia about the CIA, but the topic is bulk surveillance, and the URL isn't exactly https://cia.gov/report/about-that-bulk-surveillance https://cia.gov/report/about-that-bulk-surveillance Its path is `.../63f697addbbd30a4d64432ff28bbc6d6/...pdf` Along with a half understood comment that sounded like "Relaaax everyone! No big deal. It was all about ISIL! Look at this liiiink."