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Simple explanation of the original error -- the person who put together the slide deck wasn't exactly a dev on the technology itself. It does call into doubt t
by CurtMonash 13y ago
Simple explanation of the original error -- the person who put together the slide deck wasn't exactly a dev on the technology itself.
It does call into doubt the credibility of Snowden's OPINIONS about the scope of NSA technology and procedures.
The technology error -- or more precisely the lack of rapid correction -- isn't one of Greenwald's finer moments, but in general he's done such an awesome job on this issue that I give him a pass on that blunder.
- CurtMonash 13y agoAnd by the way -- $20 million budget always meant PRISM was only a small part of the whole. Not realizing that was actually a dumber error on Greenwald's part than him taking "direct access" at face value.