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Re:PRISM – NSA surveillance program did not prevent a single... by Zigurd on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @11:47AM (#24777944)
The "secretly prevented attack" thing is bunk because really prevented attacks, and the plotters of those attacks, end up in court and in prison.
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Re:PRISM – NSA surveillance program did not prevent a single... by zepto on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @12:09PM (#24778221)
Do they? What about attacks prevented before a crime has been committed?

By your logic, gun control can’t prevent any shootings.

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