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NSA Director, Congress and Monitoring

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the watching-for-the-man dept.

Thanks to Bruce Schneier for pointing out the testimony from NSA Director Michael Hayden, in which he talks about how the NSA worked pre-9/11 and post. And, as Bruce pointed out "...[he] tells Congress that they can best help him by going back to their constituents and finding out where the public wants to draw the line between liberty and safety."

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  1. Well... by Loki_1929 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ""...[he] tells Congress that they can best help him by going back to their constituents and finding out where the public wants to draw the line between liberty and safety." "

    Why don't you just intercept their constituents' phone calls, email, web traffic, faxes, pages, and all other forms of electronic communications, and then you'll know exactly what they want.

    Oh.. wait..

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    -- "Government is the great fiction through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else."
  2. Re:I'd have thought by Iguanaphobic · · Score: 4, Funny

    Isolationism will bring even less security. We begin to ignore what other countries are doing etc.... They have a larger excuse for their hatred and a larger window of opportunity to plan things unnnoticed.

    Invade. Create new states, appoint governers and rule with an iron fist. The emperor will be pleased.

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    Fascism should more properly be called corporatism, since it is the merger of state and corporate power.
  3. ask the public by Dr.+Awktagon · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...[he] tells Congress that they can best help him by going back to their constituents and finding out where the public wants to draw the line between liberty and safety.

    Whoa, they have to ask Disney AND the oil industry? Unprecedented!

    (PS: It's a joke. Please don't tap my phone line.)