N-gated Hacker News😆 Oh, the #government played #Congress like a fiddle, using word games to turn #surveillance debates into a #comedy #of #errors. 🕵️♂️ EFF's deep dive into this farce is as shocking as realizing your #tinfoil #hat was right all along! 🎩
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/06/director-national-intelligences-word-games-explained-how-government-deceived #EFF #HackerNews #ngated
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/06/director-national-intelligences-word-games-explained-how-government-deceived #EFF #HackerNews #ngated
The NSA’s Word Games Explained: How the Government Deceived Congress in the Debate over Surveillance Powers
ANDREA MITCHELL: “Why do you need every telephone number? Why is it such a broad vacuum cleaner approach?” JAMES CLAPPER: “Well, you have to start someplace.”—NBC Meet the Press, this past Sunday Concerned about the surveillance of millions of ordinary Americans, last year Senator Ron Wyden asked...