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Obama's Privacy Reform Panel Will Report To ... the NSA

Posted by timothy on from the just-washing-the-dishes-honey dept.

FuzzNugget writes "No, you didn't just stumble upon The Onion by mistake. Ars Technica reports that Obama's 'reform' panel will report directly to James Clapper, the Director of National Intelligence who arguably lied to Congress about whether the NSA conducted dragnet surveillance of Americans' communications. But is anyone really surprised?"

7 of 569 comments (clear)

  1. Arguably lied? by XxtraLarGe · · Score: 5, Informative

    Either he did or he didn't, there's no in-between. In actuality he lied, and did it intentionally.

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    Taking guns away from the 99% gives the 1% 100% of the power.
    1. Re:Arguably lied? by OffTheLip · · Score: 4, Informative

      Considering a career in politics? Language parsing and nuance abound reaching stellar heights with politicians led by super stars like Bill Clinton with his explanation of the meaning of "is" wrt to his intern. Clapper did not misspeak, he lied.

    2. Re:Arguably lied? by Phreakiture · · Score: 4, Informative

      IMHO, he gave us the truth, but not the whole truth.

      No.

      He was asked if they collected the data on Americans. He said no. That was a lie. It was in no part true. Anyone who knew about Bill Binney or the Quantico Circuit knew it was a lie even before the echo of his words died down in the room.

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  2. American version of Hanlon's Razor by gmuslera · · Score: 4, Informative

    You explain everything with malice in the government, and idiocy in the voters

  3. Panel Will Also Operate in Secret by EmagGeek · · Score: 5, Informative

    The article doesn't state it, but I heard on CBS News Radio this morning that the panel will also operate in secret, and all records will be classified.

    Nothing to see here, move along, citizen. Thank you for your cooperation.

  4. Re:Happy President by Em+Adespoton · · Score: 4, Informative

    Things will get so bad that 1984 will look like utopia, not distopia.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia_(book)

    Utopia isn't really what people think it is. Of course, the irony is that in modern usage, it does mean "perfect society" despite the satirical bent of More's original work.

    And I believe 1984 was actually intended to look like Utopia in the first place, IIRC.

  5. WTF? Clapper is NOT the NSA by Typical+Slashdotter · · Score: 4, Informative

    Say whatever you want about how much they may be in the same camp or agree philosophically, but Clapper is the Director of National Intelligence. The NSA is led by General Keith Alexander, the Director of the NSA, who reports to the Director of National Intelligence. If you're going to complain about who reports to who, at least know who reports to who...