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Re:NSA morale down after Edward Snowden revelations, former ... by Houshalter on Sunday December 08, 2013 @12:43PM (#6870395)
It's not so black and white. People can believe they are doing good. You are helping take down terrorists after all. The majority of the population is ok with this stuff, you don't think the people who work there are?
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Re:NSA morale down after Edward Snowden revelations, former ... by salient on Sunday December 08, 2013 @03:06PM (#6871136)
> The majority of the population is ok with this stuff

Not according to polls since the Snowden leaks came out.

Also, I've yet to see real evidence of the mass surveillance over the past decade helping stop terrorist plots. They said it was 50 "terror events". They lied even about those. It was more like 1, and even that wasn't a big deal.

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Re:NSA morale down after Edward Snowden revelations, former ... by gfodor on Sunday December 08, 2013 @03:19PM (#6871200)
it's hard to measure deterrence. this is the moral conundrum. (I still think the NSA has stepped well over the line)
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Re:NSA morale down after Edward Snowden revelations, former ... by Peaker on Sunday December 08, 2013 @09:24PM (#6872577)
deterrence doesn't work when what you're doing is secret.
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