Re:Former NSA chief Keith Alexander has joined Amazon’s boar...
by codethief on Thursday September 10, 2020 @12:02PM
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> I want the NSA to know everything a US President does while in office. I want the NSA to know everything a candidate for US President does while they are running for office.
Neglecting the fact that, according to Snowden, they already have that power, are you aware what power this gives the intelligence community and, by implication, the sitting president over elections and up-and-coming presidential candidates? Yes, Donald Trump is dangerous. But this doesn't mean we should employ even more dangerous tactics to control him.
Re:Former NSA chief Keith Alexander has joined Amazon’s boar...
by lern_too_spel on Thursday September 10, 2020 @12:16PM
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> according to Snowden, they already have that power
That's an explosive claim. If Snowden knows that they have that power, why didn't he leak documents that show they do?
I want the NSA to know everything a US President does while in office. I want the NSA to know everything a candidate for US President does while they are running for office.
The President of the US is not a regular citizen. The cost of being handed almost unlimited power is that you forfeit the assumption that you will use that power always and only to the benefit of the country.
If Alexander has compromising intel on the current president there is only one man to blame for that - the man who put himself in compromising situations.