PRISM – NSA surveillance program did not prevent a single terrorist attack
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Re: PRISM – NSA surveillance program did not prevent a single terrorist attack
#2Which is unsurprising given that its goal never had anything to do with terror in the first place.
Re: PRISM – NSA surveillance program did not prevent a single terrorist attack
#3Which is unsurprising given that its goal never had anything to do with terror in the first place.
What do you base that on?
Re: PRISM – NSA surveillance program did not prevent a single terrorist attack
#4You'd think if it had stopped any attacks, the program's proponents would be shouting it from the rooftops. But no- nothing. Not even attempts to lie ("oh, we stopped several attacks, but we can't tell you anything about them...")
PRISM is a phenomenal waste of trust and money.
Re: PRISM – NSA surveillance program did not prevent a single terrorist attack
#5No one should be surprised by this. This program was simply another extension of the US's march towards authoritarianism. Much like the patriot act and our secret warrants, founded on a dubious premise that over the last 20 years have largely borne no fruit in terms of protecting our freedoms and safety but have instead eroded them. This is a system designed to protect the larger system from any civs who may be getting a little too rebellious.
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#6>The NSA phone surveillance program was illegal and expensive: And it did not stop a single terrorist attack
"Was" illegal?
Re: PRISM – NSA surveillance program did not prevent a single terrorist attack
#7You'd think if it had stopped any attacks, the program's proponents would be shouting it from the rooftops. But no- nothing. Not even attempts to lie ("oh, we stopped several attacks, but we can't tell you anything about them...") PRISM is a phenomenal waste of trust and money.
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Re: PRISM – NSA surveillance program did not prevent a single terrorist attack
#8I very strongly recommend reading Dark Mirror by Bart Gellman.
https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781594206016
It's a look at the reporting of PRISM and other Snowden leaks by the guy who first broke the leaks. Pet jarring look at how the program can't to be, and how it evolved.
Re: PRISM – NSA surveillance program did not prevent a single terrorist attack
#9I prevented one terrorist attack by myself. Nobody knows that, because attack was prevented.
Re: PRISM – NSA surveillance program did not prevent a single terrorist attack
#10>The NSA phone surveillance program was illegal and expensive: And it did not stop a single terrorist attack "Was" illegal?
It was recently found to be unconstitutional by the supreme court, no? This seems to be asserting a stronger claim that it was also illegal then, not that it has since ceased.