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The author writes that, even though abuses are possible, they aren't happening and won't happen because, not only is the intelligence apparatus not interested i
by mef 13y ago
The author writes that, even though abuses are possible, they aren't happening and won't happen because, not only is the intelligence apparatus not interested in the mission-irrelevant data which could be abused, but those in a position to abuse are policed internally to ensure abuse doesn't happen.
Assuming this is all true, here's a thought experiment: in the event that this was no longer true and abuses were occurring, how would the public ever know? Since this entire process is impenetrably opaque to anyone on the outside, the public has only the assurances of those folks running these programs.
- fixxer 13y agoThat is exactly the problem with these people: they refuse to acknowledge basic logic, so such a thought experiment is beyond them.
- fbuilesv 13y agoDoes our discussion really benefit from comments attacking "these people" just for the sake of criticizing them? Please don't take this personal, I'm not a US citizen and I don't like the NSA capturing and archiving my personal, "private" information either, but what do we get from just venting our anger in an online forum?
- fixxer 13y agoSuggest an alternative.