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it's pretty insane that the conclusions reached after 9/11 were that we had the information to thwart the plot but the information we had wasn't being properly
by disposition2 12y ago
it's pretty insane that the conclusions reached after 9/11 were that we had the information to thwart the plot but the information we had wasn't being properly shared between agencies and 14 years later it sounds like while these agencies have unfettered access to even more information, it still isn't being properly shared between agencies. In the mean time American citizens have some of the dust left over from our 4th Amendment rights while non US citizens have less than zero in regards to 4th Amendment rights.
- csdrane 12y agoWould you really want all the information the NSA collects to be shared freely between agencies?
- disposition2 12y agoOh no, of course not. I would much prefer the 4th Amendment rights be honored, and the laws that allow for this catch all surveillance be removed. Instead, allow for exemptions (which might already be /have been for some time in place) where law enforcement can use surveillance and some times go beyond the normal scope when it pertains to an actual investigation and when a impartial judge has signed off on it. It is my view that the changes that were made in the past make us no safer today and the original problem (agencies not sharing information when pertinent) doesn't seem to be solved and most likely worsened due to the abundance of (irrelevant) information they now have. I think a good analogy of the situation is you've had agencies sifting through piles of needles (somewhat organized) and rather than giving said agencies tools to better organize the needles, we've just dumped a truckload of more needles on top of what we already had.