A presidential review committee concluded the surveillance regime did not lead to a single clear counter terrorism breakthrough that could be directly attributed to the program.
Use your noggin' when you listen to candidates for office.
If there were some examples of threats neutralized by this level of privacy invasion, wouldn't the proponents of the police state have trotted them out?
They probably get you on a short list to be considered for that career move, though. What if I have a cheap little Makerbot and a curious deer-hunting son?
It was bad enough, with teenage sons, wondering if I ought to get them on a guest wifi to prevent some pron charge.
Everyone will eventually be a law breaker, at this rate.
Sure. I'm betting the profit margins for the Chinese pig farmer are pretty slim. Adding a few extra pounds per animal, or keeping an extra few animals alive per season, make a huge difference in his family's quality of life.
Individually choosing to forego the antibiotic advantage may not even be an option for one farmer, who's tiny personal sacrifice would be essentially insignificant, and likely place him at a disadvantage to his nearest competitors.
No, this is something the people who make the rules need to get behind, and you'd think they would, as their children will be as susceptible as the poor.
Really? My boss never has a problem when I just don't show up for work for half a day... Perhaps you should have called the boss while your partner was in labor, or were you heavily invested in reminding her to 'breathe'?
Nope...that was me at the wheel of the Skylark, above the speed limit with the emergency flashers on, hoping to get pulled over so I could use the line.
Why? "Studies show that when working parents take time to be with their newborns, outcomes are better for the children and families," Zuckerberg explained.
In related research, children born to billionaire parents are statistically likely to experience better outcomes than those below the poverty line.
Likely as not, the myopic minority in a particular sector are to be humanity's undoing.
I mean, bacon is tasty, no doubt... but in the grand scheme of things, plausibly not worth watching a loved one perish via a slow death from antibiotic-resistant pathogens that we could neutralize a few short years ago.
It is ever difficult to impress people barely making a living in the present with tales of doomsday futures.
...but isn't revealing criminal activity that threatens the nation and its people a defence?
Maybe so, but the stakes for the government are so high in this, it is difficult to imagine he would get a fair hearing. The government would close the doors on the trial to "protect State Secrets", and he might not even get a civilian trial... think military tribunal.
If Snowden were exonerated for a leak of this magnitude, right or wrong, the disincentive to keep current secrecy employees bound by their oaths would render all the little acronym organizations impotent.
Well you're correct, of course. The problem with the implementation of a state-of-the-art surveillance state is keeping the overseers myopically focused on high-probability, genuine threats to our safety.
Once the system is available to law enforcement, it is super easy to get lazy. Next thing you know? It would be "great" to use this stuff against drug dealers, tax cheats, and disability shams.
Why work hard in the field doing real detective work?
As the governors continue to use every impetus to reduce security during internet use and message transmission, it becomes quite clear that the corporations, by and large, are not going to come racing in to save the day.
It's cheaper and less complicated to market perforated security systems.The solution is no less complicated than that of the current Muslim problem, and I have little faith our fine legislators will get either one correct.
At this point, do what you can: vote with your wallet and inform like-minded individuals to do the same.
...a massive data breach by Secretary of State Brian Kemp involving the Social Security numbers and other private information of more than six million voters statewide.
If the State is in the business of releasing names with SS#s and home addresses, there's not much point in getting alarmed when the next Home Depot/Target/CVS/IRS data breach occurs...
It would be reassuring to know that identity theft is not a foregone conclusion.
The rather more interesting part of the story might be exactly who would have been authorized to receive a disk full of citizens' personal information.
The disks very existence seems suspect, let alone that it is routinely distributed.
ULA, the monopoly provider of such launches since its creation in 2006, said it was unable to submit a compliant bid because of the way the competition was structured.
Basically, Lockheed and Boeing collaborated on every launch (under the United Launch Alliance), removing any competition from the equation, and undoubtedly, all cost controls.
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A presidential review committee concluded the surveillance regime did not lead to a single clear counter terrorism breakthrough that could be directly attributed to the program.
Use your noggin' when you listen to candidates for office.
If there were some examples of threats neutralized by this level of privacy invasion, wouldn't the proponents of the police state have trotted them out?
It is likely many promising young jihadists are schooled to suit the perceived needs of the movement.
The claims in this summary reek of arriving at an opinion, and then fitting in the evidence as it suits your case.
He wasn't. He was thinking of Spaceship One. Look it up.
Well sure, all plane looking and shite, but the Bezos vehicle was shaped like a,
umm,
rocket.
Corporate taxes are not really an issue, in the grand scheme of things.
Err, your sock is showing.
It was bad enough, with teenage sons, wondering if I ought to get them on a guest wifi to prevent some pron charge.
Everyone will eventually be a law breaker, at this rate.
I fully expect the truth to agree with the preconceived notions of the people who funded the study and/or employed the best expert witness(es).
Individually choosing to forego the antibiotic advantage may not even be an option for one farmer, who's tiny personal sacrifice would be essentially insignificant, and likely place him at a disadvantage to his nearest competitors.
No, this is something the people who make the rules need to get behind, and you'd think they would, as their children will be as susceptible as the poor.
Your wife gives good head.
is untrue for most values of (wife).
Really? My boss never has a problem when I just don't show up for work for half a day... Perhaps you should have called the boss while your partner was in labor, or were you heavily invested in reminding her to 'breathe'?
Nope...that was me at the wheel of the Skylark, above the speed limit with the emergency flashers on, hoping to get pulled over so I could use the line.
I was a bit of a poor young cunt myself.
If they can afford it, yes. How many can these days?
I got my ass handed to me for missing half a day for the unanticipated and rather sudden onset labor of my firstborn, so.... certainly not all of us.
GP may be from a nation with scandinavian-like healthcare.
In related research, children born to billionaire parents are statistically likely to experience better outcomes than those below the poverty line.
I mean, bacon is tasty, no doubt... but in the grand scheme of things, plausibly not worth watching a loved one perish via a slow death from antibiotic-resistant pathogens that we could neutralize a few short years ago.
It is ever difficult to impress people barely making a living in the present with tales of doomsday futures.
...but isn't revealing criminal activity that threatens the nation and its people a defence?
Maybe so, but the stakes for the government are so high in this, it is difficult to imagine he would get a fair hearing. The government would close the doors on the trial to "protect State Secrets", and he might not even get a civilian trial... think military tribunal.
If Snowden were exonerated for a leak of this magnitude, right or wrong, the disincentive to keep current secrecy employees bound by their oaths would render all the little acronym organizations impotent.
Once the system is available to law enforcement, it is super easy to get lazy. Next thing you know? It would be "great" to use this stuff against drug dealers, tax cheats, and disability shams.
Why work hard in the field doing real detective work?
ack...he's ex-cia director. Too late to fire him.
Exactly; he's an ex-director of the CIA. What would you expect him to say?
"This whole nightmarish terrorist situation is all our fault, and it turns out we were asleep at the wheel."
It's cheaper and less complicated to market perforated security systems.The solution is no less complicated than that of the current Muslim problem, and I have little faith our fine legislators will get either one correct.
At this point, do what you can: vote with your wallet and inform like-minded individuals to do the same.
Freedom for safety... what could go wrong?
...a massive data breach by Secretary of State Brian Kemp involving the Social Security numbers and other private information of more than six million voters statewide.
If the State is in the business of releasing names with SS#s and home addresses, there's not much point in getting alarmed when the next Home Depot/Target/CVS/IRS data breach occurs...
It would be reassuring to know that identity theft is not a foregone conclusion.
The disks very existence seems suspect, let alone that it is routinely distributed.
Take a look at the SEC filings of a handful of major Pharma companies. Most list 30-40% of revenue as marketing and advertising.
I think that's a fair number, but it's also likely the obnoxious direct-to-customer ads are a smallish part of that.
Free medications and perks to doctors, other ad mediums, and even the annual Vegas junket are all likely marketing and advertisement expense.
But I, for one, would much rather see the personal injury attorney solicitations go the way of the cigarette advertisement.
ULA, the monopoly provider of such launches since its creation in 2006, said it was unable to submit a compliant bid because of the way the competition was structured.
Basically, Lockheed and Boeing collaborated on every launch (under the United Launch Alliance), removing any competition from the equation, and undoubtedly, all cost controls.
Very nice... well thought out and posted.