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Worth Reading: Trevor Pott's editorial on NSA PRISM and its real ramifications
wraith808:
Remember that whole "Keep the FBI"?
I'm just going to leave these right here...
FBI Admits It Surveils U.S. With Drones
Why Won’t the FBI Tell the Public About its Drone Program?
Stoic Joker:
Remember that whole "Keep the FBI"?
I'm just going to leave these right here...-wraith808 (June 21, 2013, 09:27 AM)
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Oh yes, I'm well aware that none of the alphabet soup crowd has been keeping their hands above the covers these days. But their past indiscretions aren't the point. The point is that we now have such a veritable laundry list of these ultra-spook agencies that it's simply impossible to keep control of them. They have tons of power and time...and nobody to really report to per se, as perilously close to nobody even knows that they exist...let alone WTF they're doing.
So... Idle hands being the devils workshop. The obvious solution is to pair them down to a more manageable size. This greatly enhances communication as there would only be two groups that would need to share with each other. And the best part is that with only the two groups - and such a big scary world out there.. - they would be far too busy doing their actual jobs for a F'ing change to have time to be futzing about in everyone's underwear drawers.
The Feds using drones on the citizenry is an annoying side effect of the Patriot Act...which of course needs to be kicked to the curb immediately. The really scary part is that now local law enforcement agencies are wanting to start using these things to catch J-walkers and shit. The cops already have fully automatic weapons and standing orders to shoot only if it's any time they goddamn feel like it. That's screwed up enough they don't need even more toys to abuse badly. When they can show that they've learned not to shoot people for not "Following their commands fast enough" (quote from a local news report), then "we the people" will discuss their getting more toys.
Stoic Joker:
More worth reading:
http://antiprism.eu/-CWuestefeld (June 21, 2013, 08:50 AM)
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Hay, nothing like peer pressure to buckle ones resolve. If enough countries jump on the USA's ass perhaps they'll have to concede.
TaoPhoenix:
So... Idle hands being the devils workshop. The obvious solution is to pair them down to a more manageable size. This greatly enhances communication as there would only be two groups that would need to share with each other. And the best part is that with only the two groups - and such a big scary world out there.. - they would be far too busy doing their actual jobs for a F'ing change to have time to be futzing about in everyone's underwear drawers.
-Stoic Joker (June 21, 2013, 11:52 AM)
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Not so obvious. They WERE smaller 15 years ago. Then they complained that they couldn't stop crime because they were understaffed. They used that as part of their marketing pitch to add more people and hardware.
barney:
They WERE smaller 15 years ago. Then they complained that they couldn't stop crime because they were understaffed. They used that as part of their marketing pitch to add more people and hardware.
-TaoPhoenix (June 21, 2013, 04:45 PM)
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And they still haven't stopped crime :( >:( :P!
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