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IN WHICH I AM HEARTILY SICK OF GLENN GREENWALD
What is absurd is the secrecy associated with this eavesdropping. The mathematics alone would be impenetrable to all but the most dedicated jihadist. But that doesn't mean the actual methods that the NSA is using are legal.
A more impressive attempt at Potemkining could have occured if the could have created a board of experts (ie cryptographers, computer scientists, network engineers, etc. profesionals -- divorced from every day political concern -- familiar with or capable of quickly understanding the capabilities), rather than political operatives, to insure that the program was protecting American civil liberties, I am sure people would be harping about the legality of the whole thing. But this adminstration fears an honest accounting of its programs. The real reason why this is so secret is because it probably is a failure as an effective intelligence tool. The shear inertia of legacy systems dedicated to most telephony and electronic communication in the world combined with the near exponential increase in data-traffic, I would bet the success rate of the NSA is barely above chance. What's truly hilarious is how the the Adminstration's apparatchiks defend a program that is most likely a bill of goods being sold to the public as effective counter-terrorism. It will be a useless program until the advent of quantum computing, which is sometime away.
But how do I know???? HOW DO I KNOW?????
Comment Posted By The General of Eris On 30.11.2006 @ 13:36
