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NSA Head Asks How To Spy Without Collecting Metadata
jfruh writes "NSA Director Keith Alexander, testifying before the Senate this week, got weirdly petulant, asking his critics how he was supposed to do his job without collecting metadata on American communications. 'If we can come up with a better way, we ought to put it on the table and argue our way through it,' he said. 'There is no other way that we know of to connect the dots.' He also implied that major U.S. tech companies might have greater capacities than his organizations, and that they should help him out with new ideas."
You have it wrong. The 4th amendment protects your data, not your metadata. The fact that you are mailing letters to your co-conspirators is not protected, the content of those letters are. Just because things have been automated does not mean they gain additional protection.
Is it just my observation, or are there way too many stupid people in the world?
Well that is because the Nanny State and professional babysitters promises them a warm bottle, a blankie and a cuddle in return for votes.
No, this is NOT a troll, this is exactly what happens when people figure out they can get stuff for "free" if they vote correctly. Conditioned response. Pavlov's Dogs etc etc etc.
Agent K: A *person* is smart. People are dumb, stupid, panicky animals, and you know it.
no but profiling does work. Look at the airport in israel, they do backround checks before you get to the airport, they do indeed profile, and yet getting on and off a plane there is night and day as opposed to america. Profiling does indeed work, is it perfect? of course not but if I see 2 men one in a business suit and another with pants sagging below his ass a ball cap turned to the side and tattoos on his face, and im told one of these 2 people is going to rob the store, plain and simple I am going to talk to the man in the ballcap and baggy pants first
have you seen my sig? there are many others like it but none that are the same
Tim McVeigh was a patsy.
Agent K: A *person* is smart. People are dumb, stupid, panicky animals, and you know it.