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"That would mean, if the threat were carried out, that the Americans would literally allow the German population to remain vulnerable to a brewing attack discov
by discardorama 12y ago
"That would mean, if the threat were carried out, that the Americans would literally allow the German population to remain vulnerable to a brewing attack discovered by the Americans..."
Have there been any? From what I've heard, all this snooping has been good for post-facto analysis, but useless as prior information.
- josefresco 12y ago"From what I've heard" That's the problem, you're not going to hear about how this intelligence worked, or didn't. This leaves the public (and media) to speculate endlessly, and less informed debaters to claim there "is no evidence" of the information stopping an attack. This little behind the curtain threat, basically reveals (or insinuates) that when the "rubber hits the road" the information is in fact very valuable.
- discardorama 12y ago"NSA Data Collection has no impact on terrorism" : http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-01-13/nsa-data-has-no-discernible-impact-on-terrorism-report http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-01-13/nsa-data-h...
- josefresco 12y agoThe scope was very limited: "Our investigation found that bulk collection of American phone metadata" Also, using "arrests" or case arrests as the sole evidence or set of data is also quite limited. I would imagine, foiled plots don't always result in an arrest. Details matter, and by the time reports like this hit the media, they get boiled down in to attention grabbing headlines divorced from the original conclusions.