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What a well made, awful little article. "But hey, for all you critics, there's always the Carter method." This is intended to be funny, but it's also intended t
by roflc0ptic 13y ago
What a well made, awful little article. "But hey, for all you critics, there's always the Carter method." This is intended to be funny, but it's also intended to be belittling. Framing not wanting to be spied on as being a "critic" is reasonably toxic.
"The NSA can keep phone records made from another country for up to a month." As far as details to share, like. This has to be intentionally weak. Other details they could share: the NSA scoops up your emails and your phone records.
I don't know what the mechanisms are (e.g. I'm not positing lizard men are doing this), but way in which so much reporting aims to delegitimize any opposition to total surveillance is fascinating. What causes this?
- coldtea 13y agoConditioning for one. Plus, being in close agreement with "the Man" advances ones career.
- acqq 13y agoLuckily there is a transcript: http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meet-press-transcript-march-23-2014-n59966 http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meet-press-transcript-... Q: "the N.S.A. has argued that this kind of intelligence gathering is critical to try to protect the American homeland? JIMMY CARTER: That has been extremely liberalized and, I think, abused by our own intelligence agencies. As a matter of fact, you know, I have felt that my own communications are probably monitored."