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NSA Chief Keith Alexander Takes His PRISM Pitch To YouTube

Posted by samzenpus on from the we're-bad-not-terrible dept.

Daniel_Stuckey writes "There's definitely something strange about the video's attempt at looking/sounding like a NOVA episode. Alexander, who defended the agency at Black Hat this summer and recently announced his retirement next year, takes care to emphasize the agency's privacy compliance precautions and oversight. 'We have not had any willful or knowing violations in those programs,' he says referring to sections 215 and 702 of the Patriot Act, which relate to the telephone metadata and PRISM programs respectively. 'There have been [violations] in other programs, but not in those two.'"

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  1. Have they not worked it out yet? by Afty0r · · Score: 5, Insightful

    All the lies and deceit that has come along from them so far means that WE. DO. NOT. TRUST. WHAT. YOU. SAY.

    Your words are pointless, because you are almost certainly lying. "How do you know when an NSA spokesman is lying?" "His lips are moving"

  2. Willful or knowing violations by erikkemperman · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So, just involuntary and ignorant violations, then.

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  3. He lied ... by PPH · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ... to Congress. Why is he not in prison?

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    Have gnu, will travel.
  4. Assertion without evidence - dismiss without it by Opportunist · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's nice that you say so. The problem is: I don't believe you. I cannot. There is no oversight whatsoever concerning your actions. You say that no transgressions happen, that's nice. But let's say I assert that I'm no terrorist, does that mean you stop spying on me? No. Why? Because you cannot verify that I'm not.

    So why the hell should I believe you without any kind of evidence or any kind of ability to verify your claims?

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  5. They are preaching to the sheeples ... by Taco+Cowboy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    All the lies and deceit that has come along from them so far means that WE. DO. NOT. TRUST. WHAT. YOU. SAY.

    Don't you get it yet ?

    They are using Youtube, a place where the sheeples congregate

    They are NOT talking to the people like you and me --- they are talking AT the sheeples

    As long as the sheeples in America ( and the world ) believe their lies, and the sheeples do believe them, NSA will get to continue their deceits without any hindrance

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  6. Threat narrative? Yeah, fuck right off. by VortexCortex · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Just a reminder: Heart Disease and Accidents cause more deaths every single year than over four hundred 9/11's. It's been over a decade now... That's more than 4000 September 11th sized attacks. Are you scared to eat and/or drive now? That's how fucking pathetic the fear narrative is.

    This is America. We drive fast cars to fast food restaurants without a second thought. You want me to continue to ALLOW an expensive totalitarian spying apparatus to protect us from 0.00025 the danger we face from cars and cheeseburgers? What the fuck can the ineffectual terrorists do? If the NSA wanted to protect us they'd be making tastier health food and building self driving cars or the Hyper-Loop.

    Fucking "intelligence" bullshit; Protip: All government labels mean the opposite. "PATRIOT Act", yeaaah. "Intelligence?" hahah... oh man. No wonder the basement dwelling NSA stinks so bad. If they're afraid of terrorists, just imagine how they feel about the many times greater threat of falling down in the bathtub!