Ninth Circuit rules NSA's bulk collection of Americans' call records was illegal

Re:Ninth Circuit rules NSA's bulk collection of Americans' c... by throwaway0a5e on Thursday September 03, 2020 @10:33AM (#24364457)

Joining the intelligence services was basically the way the British upper class avoided combat service in ww2

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Re:Ninth Circuit rules NSA's bulk collection of Americans' c... by peteretep on Friday September 04, 2020 @01:38AM (#24372034)

You can level a lot of shit at the British upper classes, but being war-shy isn’t one of them. Until about 50 years ago, the entirety of the officer corps was picked from the gentry, and it’s not _that_ different today. Junior officers are just as much cannon fodder as other ranks.

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Re:Ninth Circuit rules NSA's bulk collection of Americans' c... by arethuza on Friday September 04, 2020 @06:15AM (#24373574)

I'm pretty sure junior officers were actually one of the hardest hit sections of the Army in WW1 and WW2.

I read a book recently about a young (19!) year old tank commander in WW2 and he was told by his CO when arriving in Normandy that his life expectancy was 10 days.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tank-Action-Armoured-Commanders-194...

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