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Translating President Obama's NSA Reform Promises Into Plain English

Posted by timothy on from the dynamo-of-a-blender-of-an-analogy dept.

sandbagger writes "The cynics at the Register have picked apart Barack Obama's NSA reform promises. As to be expected, there's some good, some deliberate vagueness, talk of 'ticking bomb scenarios' and the politician's favourite 'promises to commit to future reforms'. Basically, it's a fig-leaf to kick the can down the road so the next president has to deal with it. He's promising bulk data will go to a third party so the NSA can't see it. Okay, who is this magical third party?" They don't seem to me nearly cynical enough.

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  1. Plain enough. by rmdingler · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Will this POTUS stop surveillance of citizens?

    Nope.

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  2. Re:If you like it by DrJimbo · · Score: 5, Insightful

    so you never wear a safety harness, because your freedom is more important than your safety?

    Saying freedom is more important than safety does not imply that safety is unimportant just like Saying Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is taller than Shaquille O'Neal does imply Shaq is not tall.

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