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House, Senate Intel. Cmtes. Receive NSA Briefings http://www.c-span.org/Events/House-Senate-Intel-Cmtes-Receive-NSA-Briefings/10737440047-2/ http://www.c-span.o

House, Senate Intel. Cmtes. Receive NSA Briefings http://www.c-span.org/Events/House-Senate-Intel-Cmtes-Receive-NSA-Briefings/10737440047-2/ http://www.c-span.org/Events/House-Senate-Intel-Cmtes-Receiv... In which Keith Alexander claims to have stopped "dozens" of terrorist attacks, and that too much disclosure will "cause" attacks. Mike Rogers (R-Mich) and Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md) then go on to confess to the world that the US hires lowly high school dropouts, and gives them high security top secret clearance; but in the next breath claims that you shouldn't believe anything Snowden says because he is a high school dropout who can't hold a job. Then they go on to imply that Snowden is working with the Chinese. Claim that whistleblower laws would've protected Snowden (I bet Thomas Drake and Bill Binney might beg to differ). The two congressmen sound more like used car salesmen to me, and tell what sounds like more lies, half-truths, and cute word games. Rogers claims "at least 10 terror attacks averted"

jbooth 13y ago
Here's how you avert a terrorist attack: 1) Find some idiot talking about how he'd like to blow something up on his phone 2) Approach idiot, try to sell him explosives 3) If he's dumb enough to say "ok" out loud at any point, then slap on the cuffs, you foiled a terrorist attack, you're officially a hero. It's a numbers game.
- duncan_bayne 13y ago
  > 1) Find some idiot talking about how he'd like to blow something up on his phone That could be me after a day of working with certain legacy systems.
  - victorf 13y ago
    "Terrorist and black-hat hacker Duncan Bayne was arrested yesterday after posting his bombing plot on a forum for hackers. Lawmakers state that he never would have been caught without the aid of PRISM, and drafted new legislature allowing body scans at entrances to legacy systems. Next up: why gay marriage is going to destroy traditional families and why you should be concerned exclusively with preventing it and not care about, say, the Fourth Amendment."
gwgarry 13y ago
In another words the entire discourse is about rhetoric and not about truth, apparently because the public can't handle the truth and the terrorists will use the truth to destroy our civilization -- dozens of terrorists... You know as compared to the needs and rights of 300 million Americans, I think this is perfectly reasonable. They even through in a little Red hate mongering to justify their case.

jbooth 13y ago

Here's how you avert a terrorist attack: 1) Find some idiot talking about how he'd like to blow something up on his phone 2) Approach idiot, try to sell him explosives 3) If he's dumb enough to say "ok" out loud at any point, then slap on the cuffs, you foiled a terrorist attack, you're officially a hero. It's a numbers game.

duncan_bayne 13y ago
> 1) Find some idiot talking about how he'd like to blow something up on his phone That could be me after a day of working with certain legacy systems.
- victorf 13y ago
  "Terrorist and black-hat hacker Duncan Bayne was arrested yesterday after posting his bombing plot on a forum for hackers. Lawmakers state that he never would have been caught without the aid of PRISM, and drafted new legislature allowing body scans at entrances to legacy systems. Next up: why gay marriage is going to destroy traditional families and why you should be concerned exclusively with preventing it and not care about, say, the Fourth Amendment."

gwgarry 13y ago

In another words the entire discourse is about rhetoric and not about truth, apparently because the public can't handle the truth and the terrorists will use the truth to destroy our civilization -- dozens of terrorists... You know as compared to the needs and rights of 300 million Americans, I think this is perfectly reasonable. They even through in a little Red hate mongering to justify their case.