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Re:The NSA Can't Tell the Difference Between an American and... by eli on Friday June 28, 2013 @07:25AM (#5957335)
Really?

Here's from the "NSA reading your email headers" article currently on the front page:

In 2011, the program was terminated by President Obama "as the result of an interagency review," an administration spokesperson told The Guardian.

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Re:The NSA Can't Tell the Difference Between an American and... by talmand on Friday June 28, 2013 @11:00AM (#5958334)
I require more than one example. But I'm curious.

Did they cancel the project because of fears of it infringing on civil liberties?

Did they cancel the project because it was ineffective for its defined purposes regardless of civil liberties?

Did they cancel the project to move its resources to another, more secret project that could possibly be more damaging to civil liberties?

Lots of programs get canceled for lots of reasons.

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