Hell, I might as well say it, I used to work for the NSA [View all]

[1-Old-Man]

I have been very reluctant to say this, but I used to work for the NSA. It was back during the war against Viet Nam. It was so long ago that nothing at all that I did would be of any relevance today but I did want you all to know this. Nearly all of the capability that I see people today saying is impossible we had 50 years ago. The only difference is that now its being applied to many many more people, and of course millions of those are our own people. Having seen what the Agency can do against a real enemy (people forget we were losing 200 troops a week back then) I shudder to think what it could do domestically. That's one of the reasons that it pains me to see folks here denigrating people like Snowden and Greenwald. Folks, they are just the messengers, the problem is an Agency that we have allowed to grow to monstrous capability. It is not good enough that the Administration is declassifying this tidbit and that or promising to curtail some of the programs now in use. Nothing short of restrictive laws, a real Court. and reduced funding will make any real difference in that Agency's operations. We have a very rare opportunity taking place right now to look into that Agency's operations. If we fail to act now we, as a nation, will be very very sorry some day - and I honestly fear that day is not far away.