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Do you know someone who works at NSA? I knew someone (a rank-and-file SIGINT engineer), and he swore that people in his office are trained to discard any domest
by gohrt 13y ago
Do you know someone who works at NSA? I knew someone (a rank-and-file SIGINT engineer), and he swore that people in his office are trained to discard any domestic data they encounter. Was he lying? Maybe. Did the policies change? Maybe.
- xntrk 13y agoYeah the discard it right into there domestic database...
- ianhawes 13y agoThe likely scenario is that information distributed throughout the agency suggests that they do not spy on US citizens. Basic training is done for all employees where they are taught not to spy on US citizens. However, NSA also conducts clandestine operations. Employees selected for those operations are probably recommended based on their willingness and trustworthiness when it comes to spying on US citizens and effectively breaking the law. Alternatively, as has been suggested recently in numerous articles, FBI probably works hand-in-hand with NSA to "legally" allocate information required for datamining. To the employees of the clandestine operations, the information obtained is technically "legal", so perhaps that serves to settle the nerves of the employees involved.
- betterunix 13y agoI think the most likely answer is that your friend was not lying, but that the NSA is a massive agency with numerous different divisions and operations that do not all follow the same set of rules or have the same objectives.
- Torgo 13y agoBinney has stated that he witnessed a shift in culture at the NSA since 9/11. We either have to take him at his word or not though.