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Re:EFF Asks Judge to Rule NSA Internet Backbone Spying Techn... by dm2 on Saturday July 26, 2014 @02:45AM (#8089098)
If you eliminated the NSA, what do you think our terrorism score would be? Higher, or lower?

That number probably directly relates to deaths caused by terrorism.

"When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all."

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Re:EFF Asks Judge to Rule NSA Internet Backbone Spying Techn... by PavlovsCat on Saturday July 26, 2014 @06:44AM (#8089422)
> "When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all."

So what's stopping the NSA from claiming they prevent alien invasions on a daily basis? After all, it's classified, so how would you know either way?

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Re:EFF Asks Judge to Rule NSA Internet Backbone Spying Techn... by nitrogen on Saturday July 26, 2014 @03:28AM (#8089166)
What about all the other branches of government that have brought loads of known (and who knows how much unknown) blowback?
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