New PRISM slides say the program allows NSA to eavesdrop on live conversations

Re:New PRISM slides say the program allows NSA to eavesdrop ... by jsz0 on Sunday June 30, 2013 @03:52PM (#5966943)

I doubt the NSA would build such a sophisticated system without layers of security and extensive audit trails to prevent misuse. If not only because misuse of the system would be a disaster for the NSA and potentially be a bigger national security problem than what the system is designed to prevent in the first place.

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Re:New PRISM slides say the program allows NSA to eavesdrop ... by coldcode on Sunday June 30, 2013 @06:35PM (#5967537)

Yet by the very nature of a secret agency you will never know what safeguards they have or how effective they are. Plus there are a lot of really really smart people likely working there who know exactly how everything works. Aldrich Ames took advantage of his position and knowledge to out CIA spies for years.

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Re:New PRISM slides say the program allows NSA to eavesdrop ... by ChikkaChiChi on Monday July 01, 2013 @09:58AM (#5970631)

If a budget is tight, one of the first things to go is accountability and oversight. Social Security Insurance is a perfect example of this. If the program had more earmarked toward tracking the cases of abuse taxpayers wouldn't be able to complain about those that exploit it (as much).

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