Norway Used NSA Technology for Potentially Illegal Spying

Re:Norway Used NSA Technology for Potentially Illegal Spying by fhood on Friday March 02, 2018 @10:21AM (#16502089)

Also, is 30 million really a hefty price tag? I know I shouldn't judge based on American intelligence spending, but 30 million is what it cost to build my counties vocational tech school.

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Re:Norway Used NSA Technology for Potentially Illegal Spying by varjag on Friday March 02, 2018 @10:24AM (#16502115)

To put it into perspective, Norwegian parliament has spent ~300 million USD (and counting) on its renovation project..

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Re:Norway Used NSA Technology for Potentially Illegal Spying by dboreham on Friday March 02, 2018 @10:43AM (#16502341)

And every major road in Oslo has been tunneled to keep the city pleasant for pedestrians.

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Re:Norway Used NSA Technology for Potentially Illegal Spying by runeb on Friday March 02, 2018 @11:17AM (#16502765)

Disregarding your gross exaggeration, road infrastructure costs are funded by taxing roads, automobile purchase and fuel.

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Re:Norway Used NSA Technology for Potentially Illegal Spying by ptaipale on Friday March 02, 2018 @01:44PM (#16504460)

I don't think they're earmarked in Norway (they're not in most countries). Taxing autos and fuel generates revenue which is general tax revenue, and what goes to road infrastructure is up to political decisions.

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Re:Norway Used NSA Technology for Potentially Illegal Spying by varjag on Friday March 02, 2018 @02:27PM (#16504807)

This has nothing to do with the scandalous waste of money this project is. Building a municipal garage shouldn't cost like 3 F-35 fighters.

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