@cicerone imposter,
cicerone imposter wrote:
There's no "bend" any place; it's about the NSA's ability to get information that is highly possible from the revelations provided by Snowden and shared by the media.
If you don't believe what the NSA is capable of, please present proof that they are not capable of what was shown in the film.
Your personal insults only proves you have nothing to back up your position.
Show me the beef? Otherwise, go to hell!
Well as nice as it is to hear from you, did you ever work for DOD? I retired after 32 years from NSA, and I have signed an oath not to discuss classified information (regardless of how old it is). Have you been in the military? Have you ever gone on assignment to a foreign country as a DOD Civilian employee? I gave you a wonderful opportunity to look up the National Geo film on NSA, but if you believe in Harry Potter and Brad Pitts depiction of how intelligence works, I suppose you're just not a whole lot different from so many other Americans who sit safely in their easy chairs complaining about things they really don't understand. Just waiting for news-lite to wrap up so everybody can get to the real meaty issues, like Access Hollywood.
Snowden was not an NSA employee, he was a high-school dropout, who at the age of 29 managed to impress a defense contractor he was the best thing since sliced bread. So in a total of 10 weeks he steals information he is not cleared for, doesn't understand, releases a mixture of quasi info and dis-info, and flees to China then to Russia to avoid being targeted by mysterious swat teams who will blast him into pieces instead of facing a jury of his peers. What I find interesting, is that if he even attempted to discredit Russia, he'd be a dead man. Our prisons still hold Aldrich Ames, Robert Hanson, John Walker, Jonathan pollard, and who can forget Ron Pelton, an actual NSA employee arrested, tried and convicted of passing info to the Soviet Union. Actually walked into the Russian Embassy bold, offering his services.
I've said it before, if he thought the program was illegal, he could have contacted Thomas Drake, Kirk Weibe and other folks involved in actual whistle blowing. And he should have started with the IG, house and senate over site
So my next question is, do you feel safer knowing China & Russia now have everything that traitor passed to them, or do you still worry you are under surveillance. Unless you are conversing with Taliban operatives in Peru, I think you can relax.
Show you the beef, show me your need to know, and have your office provide my office with evidence of your clearances and sensitive program access. Then, I'll let the FBI know you need proof regarding sensitive government programs and they will assist you.
Before you do that, wander into the biggest State or County police department, and ask them to show you pictures along with phone numbers and addresses of the police undercover efforts to break up kiddie porn rings, and white slavery operations. Just tell them to show you the beef, because you are an American and need to know how your tax dollars are being spent.
I might wind up going to hell, but not because you suggested it. I leave that decision to my maker to decide if the years I spent with DOD make me less or more worthy than you.
My husband still works at NSA, and we don't share info on various programs we were read in on. That asshole Snowden might be the flavor of the day, but I'm bound by oath, something Snowden also was, I just honor my commitment, he didn't.