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In reply to the discussion: How the NSA Helps the US Assassinate (Greenwald / Scahill) [View all]reusrename
(1,716 posts)I guess I should start by explaining my motives a little bit. Im deeply concerned about our future. It may seem like Im just looking for someone to argue with or someone to ridicule but that really isnt it at all. I need people to understand exactly what we are up against. Thats all there is to it. Sure, I do like the discussions, but there are only a few subjects I take very seriously and this one is at the top of that list.
Secondly, Im going to stroke your ego a bit in the hopes that youll understand that Im being sincere. This whole subject of surveillance, youre definitely sharp enough to get it. Not everyone is. Im confident that you can follow the technology if you just study it for a few hours/days/weeks/whatever. I dont know how long it would take, but I guarantee you it would be worth your while.
I hope your not thinking that you already know more than you ever wanted to know about this crap, why bother? If that's the case, maybe you should consider dialing back your comments a little bit and just admit that youre no expert until you do the work.
There are literally hundreds of doctoral and masters theses about this stuff that can be found online. Plus there are lots of folks here that can help. I hope you give it a try.
I started a thread on it here:
Science is science, metadata is metadata.