Key Government Talking Point On Spying Program Debunked

[avaistheone1]

NYC Bomb Plot Details Settle Little In NSA Debate


WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration declassified a handful of details Tuesday that credited its PRISM Internet spying program with intercepting a key email that unraveled a 2009 terrorist plot in New York.

The details, declassified by the director of national intelligence, were circulated on Capitol Hill as part of government efforts to tamp down criticism of two recently revealed National Security Agency surveillance programs.

Najibullah Zazi's foiled plot to bomb the New York subways has become the centerpiece of that effort. It remains the most serious al-Qaida plot inside the United States since the 9/11 terror attacks.

In the rush to defend the surveillance programs, however, government officials have changed their stories and misstated key facts of the Zazi plot. And they've left out one important detail: The email that disrupted the plan could easily have been intercepted without PRISM.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/11/nyc-bomb-plot_n_3423721.html

[AnotherMcIntosh]

1. It you can't get a sip from a fire hose, squandering money to build a spy Niagara Falls is wasteful.

[GeorgeGist]

2. Maybe you find a needle in a haystack ...

once in a while. But there are better ways.

[magellan]

3. Blanket domestic spying is akin to torture

There are more reliable and effective ways to accomplish information gathering on criminals without violating rights, and...

...one day, both will be illegal in the US again.

[avaistheone1]

4. But how then will these contractors like Booze Allen Hamilton be able to continue to demand bigger

profits and more contracts from the American people?

Is all about the money isn't it?