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I would make an argument that giving Mr Obama every morning a brief what is going in secret in UN, Kremlin and Beijing is NSA mandate. They were created to coll

I would make an argument that giving Mr Obama every morning a brief what is going in secret in UN, Kremlin and Beijing is NSA mandate. They were created to collect that kind. It is intelligence agencies work to collect intelligence. So basically - trying to open Merkel inbox from NSA or GRU = totally fine and vice versa. NSA collecting data on millions of people that are disconnected from the politics is not fine. So is checking out what is your loved one doing on facebook with tools inaccessible to the normal people.

coldtea 13y ago
>I would make an argument that giving Mr Obama every morning a brief what is going in secret in UN, Kremlin and Beijing is NSA mandate. They were created to collect that kind. It is intelligence agencies work to collect intelligence. Some people seem to think that collecting intelligence means breaking 24/7 into sovereign countries (and allies) leaders' communications... How about they fucking do it the old fashioned way: talking to people, gathering diplomatic sources, analysing press and political statements, checking budget uses, the odd snitch here and there, getting some leaks, etc etc?