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What would you say to others who are in a position to leak classified information that could improve public understanding of the intelligence apparatus of the U

What would you say to others who are in a position to leak classified information that could improve public understanding of the intelligence apparatus of the USA and its effect on civil liberties? "This country is worth dying for." - Snowden

mnl 13y ago
That's the stuff History is made. I'm not American, don't think that it even matters at this point, but I'm printing a picture of the guy to stick it where everybody can see what a great thing a decent human being can be.
foobarbazqux 13y ago
Interestingly, the same person also asked: > What evidence do you have that refutes the assertion that the NSA is unable to listen to the content of telephone calls without an explicit and defined court order from FISC? And it was the only question Snowden ignored.
- amirmc 13y ago
  I'd disagree that he ignored it. A later question covers the same (or very similar) ground. """ Q. Can analysts listen to content of domestic calls without a warrant? A. NSA likes to use "domestic" as a weasel word here for a number of reasons. The reality is that due to the FISA Amendments Act and its section 702 authorities, Americans’ communications are collected and viewed on a daily basis on the certification of an analyst rather than a warrant. They excuse this as "incidental" collection, but at the end of the day, someone at NSA still has the content of your communications. Even in the event of "warranted" intercept, it's important to understand the intelligence community doesn't always deal with what you would consider a "real" warrant like a Police department would have to, the "warrant" is more of a templated form they fill out and send to a reliable judge with a rubber stamp. """ What I took from this is that the process is so 'optimised' that even a court order doesn't mean what most people would think it does (i.e proper oversight and consideration).
  - foobarbazqux 13y ago
    Good point, I agree.

mnl 13y ago

That's the stuff History is made. I'm not American, don't think that it even matters at this point, but I'm printing a picture of the guy to stick it where everybody can see what a great thing a decent human being can be.

foobarbazqux 13y ago

Interestingly, the same person also asked: > What evidence do you have that refutes the assertion that the NSA is unable to listen to the content of telephone calls without an explicit and defined court order from FISC? And it was the only question Snowden ignored.

amirmc 13y ago
I'd disagree that he ignored it. A later question covers the same (or very similar) ground. """ Q. Can analysts listen to content of domestic calls without a warrant? A. NSA likes to use "domestic" as a weasel word here for a number of reasons. The reality is that due to the FISA Amendments Act and its section 702 authorities, Americans’ communications are collected and viewed on a daily basis on the certification of an analyst rather than a warrant. They excuse this as "incidental" collection, but at the end of the day, someone at NSA still has the content of your communications. Even in the event of "warranted" intercept, it's important to understand the intelligence community doesn't always deal with what you would consider a "real" warrant like a Police department would have to, the "warrant" is more of a templated form they fill out and send to a reliable judge with a rubber stamp. """ What I took from this is that the process is so 'optimised' that even a court order doesn't mean what most people would think it does (i.e proper oversight and consideration).
- foobarbazqux 13y ago
  Good point, I agree.