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Have these programs been responsible for actually stopping any large scale terrorist attacks?
by danford 12y ago
Have these programs been responsible for actually stopping any large scale terrorist attacks?
- freakonom 12y agoAn answer that usually works: Absolutely, because there have been no large scale terrorist attacks.
- jmadsen 12y ago"Why are you waving that handkerchief?" "Keeping the elephants away..." You know the rest.
- vacri 12y agoThe thing is that they have been doing just fine with their current powers - there is no need to expand them. I have no doubt that actual terrorist plotting has been countered by ASIO, but I also have no doubt that ASIO clearly already have enough powers to do their job appropriately.
- Ygg2 12y agoImplying that there is such a thing as just enough power.
- a_bonobo 12y agoDepends on what you define as responsible. The NSA's bulk data collecting has been cited as the investigation's initiating factor in 4 out of 225 terrorism-related investigations, that's 1.7%. Is 1.7% worth it? I guess the Australian government said yes. Source: http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/1/13/review-finds-nsametadatacollectionhasntstoppedanattack.html http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/1/13/review-finds...
- xnull2guest 12y agoNo. The programs are not about terrorism at all. Check for other comments on this thread (I posted a lengthy one) for details.