Re:I asked the NSA for its file on me, and here's what I got...
by mindcrime on Saturday August 17, 2013 @12:59PM
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I'm typing to the people who want actual facts to back the discussion.
And you still haven't explained why anybody would accept your unsubstantiated assertions as fact.
What they don't post is how many firings/missed promotions that has led to.
Who cares? That the incidents are happening at all is the point.
If that was a contractor that was responsible for that, they're already gone. If it was a government employee, they're likely not an analyst anymore.
Again, assertion which might be true, or might be made up from whole cloth. Without some sort of evidence, your audience - regardless of who they are - have no way of evaluating the veracity of your claims.
If the NSA was so trigger-happy to violate American rights, why would they even keep track of the number of violations?
Fair point. I'd suspect it's because they have to maintain at least a veneer of legitimacy in order to avoid having Congress starting to dig deeper and deeper into their operations, and potentially even pull the plug altogether.
And you still haven't explained why anybody would accept your unsubstantiated assertions as fact.
What they don't post is how many firings/missed promotions that has led to.
Who cares? That the incidents are happening at all is the point.
If that was a contractor that was responsible for that, they're already gone. If it was a government employee, they're likely not an analyst anymore.
Again, assertion which might be true, or might be made up from whole cloth. Without some sort of evidence, your audience - regardless of who they are - have no way of evaluating the veracity of your claims.
If the NSA was so trigger-happy to violate American rights, why would they even keep track of the number of violations?
Fair point. I'd suspect it's because they have to maintain at least a veneer of legitimacy in order to avoid having Congress starting to dig deeper and deeper into their operations, and potentially even pull the plug altogether.