I hope they strongly deny any spying, only to be burnt on the next morning by yet another leaked slide.
Senator presses NSA to reveal whether it spies on members of Congress
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Re: Senator presses NSA to reveal whether it spies on members of Congress
#32Now it makes sense. Every closeted gay Republican senator and aide knows the NSA has dirt on them, so they shut up.
(We all have stuff we don't want others to know, but few seem as common or career destroying as gay-bashing senators being in the closet)
Relevant: "Apparently to the homophobes running the NSA, chickenfuckers were a-okay — the security threat came from gays." http://pando.com/2013/12/29/snowdens-biggest-revelation-we-d...
Re: Senator presses NSA to reveal whether it spies on members of Congress
#33"...if the NSA has spied, or is the NSA currently spying, on members of Congress or other American elected officials" It depends on your definitions of "has", "spied", "spying", "currently", "elected" and "members". So the answer is, "No".
Read the article. The Senator defines spying very specifically. So specifically that it's already clear the answer is "yes".
Re: Senator presses NSA to reveal whether it spies on members of Congress
#34This is brilliant. This is how we'll get legislation passed reigning in the NSA. Elected officials will wake up and ask "Wait, you mean they're spying on ME?!"
I guess he didn't get the memo. It's a dragnet, senator, they spy on everyone.
Re: Senator presses NSA to reveal whether it spies on members of Congress
#35I'm confused by this. I thought this was already established fact based on declassified documents?
http://www.theshillongtimes.com/2013/09/27/nsa-spied-on-us-s...
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Re: Senator presses NSA to reveal whether it spies on members of Congress
#37Now it makes sense. Every closeted gay Republican senator and aide knows the NSA has dirt on them, so they shut up. (We all have stuff we don't want others to know, but few seem as common or career destroying as gay-bashing senators being in the closet) Relevant: "Apparently to the homophobes running the NSA, chickenfuckers were a-okay — the security threat came from gays." http://pando.com/2013/12/29/snowdens-bigges…
I think the chickens were judged okay only after they'd confirmed no roosters were involved.
Re: Senator presses NSA to reveal whether it spies on members of Congress
#38Uhh of course they do. Why would they be exempt? If anything they are a legitimate target for fears of compromising national security.
Congress can fuck up the country far more effectively than terrorism. See: Congress' response to terrorism. The scrutiny on them should be ENORMOUS but instead it is exactly the reverse, they are using a billions-dollar world eavesdropping device to parallel-construction convict petty pot dealers.
Yes but I don't think closed door NSA style surveillance of congress people would be helpful. Government open data programs? Probably a better direction.
Re: Senator presses NSA to reveal whether it spies on members of Congress
#39Uhh of course they do. Why would they be exempt? If anything they are a legitimate target for fears of compromising national security.
They are also a target so that the head of the NSA can effectively control the country.
Re: Senator presses NSA to reveal whether it spies on members of Congress
#40Obviously they do. What kind of naive child would ask this question?