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> Frankly, U.S. Congressmen don't care what foreigners think about U.S. surveillance policy. Congress might care when US corporations' bottom lines are affecte
by craigching 13y ago
> Frankly, U.S. Congressmen don't care what foreigners think about U.S. surveillance policy.
Congress might care when US corporations' bottom lines are affected by the surveillance. In fact, it's starting to be reported that US corporations are being affected already.
EDIT: To be clear, when US corporations bottom lines in sales to entities in foreign countries. IBM and Cisco have already attributed slumps in sales to foreign entities due to NSA surveillance.
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- john_b 13y agoThis is true. I doubt that most Congressmen are able to see this obvious consequence in advance, but when the corporate lobbying picks up as a result they'll start to care.