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This is a game of semantics. They only "monitor" communications that they are "lawfully authorized" to monitor. Every government official has been playing this
by cgshaw 13y ago
This is a game of semantics. They only "monitor" communications that they are "lawfully authorized" to monitor. Every government official has been playing this game for 2 months now.
The real questions are:
1. HOW MUCH DOMESTIC INTERNET TRAFFIC IS COLLECTED?
2. HOW IS THAT INFORMATION ORGANIZED?
3. HOW LONG DOES THE GOVERNMENT KEEP THE COLLECTED INFORMATION?
- hga 13y agoDon't use "collected"; as they use it "collection" only applies when captured and stored stuff is looked at.
- logn 13y agoThe NSA are semantic sociopaths. You can never expect them to answer a question honestly because they'll redefine each term to some unexpected yet valid meaning.
- dllthomas 13y ago... or invalid. They're not that picky.
- unclebucknasty 13y agoIndeed. And I would add one more: WHY?