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A comment on Bills Introduced by Congress Fail to Fix Unconstitutional NSA Spying. Parent comment

Re:Bills Introduced by Congress Fail to Fix Unconstitutional... by EthanHeilman on Thursday July 18, 2013 @09:05AM (#6063287)
Also catching a dirty bomb by listening to peoples conversations is nearly impossible. Even a moderate false positive rate (like the conversation we are having now) hides any useful data.
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Re:Bills Introduced by Congress Fail to Fix Unconstitutional... by Daniel_Newby on Thursday July 18, 2013 @10:17AM (#6063762)
Prospectively you are right. But once you have a single solid lead on the opposition, SIGINT lets you mop them up in short order.
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