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There is no political stick for them to be on, because every decision-maker in the US government knows how important the NSA is.
by diminoten 12y ago
There is no political stick for them to be on, because every decision-maker in the US government knows how important the NSA is.
- srj 12y agoWhere's your evidence for that? The hearings in congress I think have shown that there are doubts from decision-makers.
- diminoten 12y agoThe lack of traction any of those movements get, and the general disconnect that every. single. congressperson. has when it comes to cyber security.
- higherpurpose 12y agoAlso almost half of the House tried to pass a bill to cut NSA's funding in 2013.
- zipwitch 12y agoUnimportant, because they neither provide useful intel nor prevent terror attacks. Or very important, because they have lots of blackmail material?
- diminoten 12y agoHow would you know if they provide useful intel or prevent terror attacks?
- AnthonyMouse 12y agoDo you have an actual answer to that question? Because it seems like a bad plan to spend trillions of dollars on something if you can't even show that it works.
- diminoten 12y agoShow to who? You?
- AnthonyMouse 12y agoIf by "me" you mean "the voters" then yes of course. What was that Russian proverb Ronald Regan was always so found of? Trust but verify? The verify part is very, very important. Blind trust with no accountability is totally insane. There has to come a point, during the lives of the people who have to be held accountable for what they've done, that what they've done comes to light. Or how do you propose we hold them to account?
- diminoten 12y agoYou pick representatives, and they are shown the effectiveness of programs, because they are the ones who vote for the programs. This isn't about you, or me, or any individual, that's not how this country works. Some things that are not very popular are absolutely necessary nonetheless.
- AnthonyMouse 12y ago> You pick representatives, and they are shown the effectiveness of programs, because they are the ones who vote for the programs. They aren't always given the information either. Recall Diane Feinstein being quite displeased about being lied to recently. And we still have to elect "them" on the basis of something. By what process is a corrupt politician supposed to be held accountable if the fact of their corruption is a government secret? > Some things that are not very popular are absolutely necessary nonetheless. How do you propose to ensure that only the "absolutely necessary" things are occurring?
- diminoten 12y agoIf you know about it, it's not secret, so you're in a losing position of being unable to come up with an example of corruption the public doesn't know about.