either way it's a win for them (Reply #18)

In the discussion thread: Report: NSA Can Swallow a "Nation’s Telephone Network Whole" [View all]

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 04:34 PM

Locrian (4,516 posts)

18. either way it's a win for them

A) They either develop or have the ability to get info (or manufacture it) on *anyone*

AND/OR

B) They create a gigantic parasitic industry, taxpayer funded "$ecurity industrial complex" (SIC) and crony capitalism makes BANK.

Don't underestimate "B" - it doesn't have to "work" at all to make a ton of money.

Likely it will be a combination of "selective "A" where info can be collected / used against political enemies and "B" for the big dollar win. Actual benefits for the average citizen will be zip.

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35 replies	Author	Time	Post
Report: NSA Can Swallow a "Nation’s Telephone Network Whole" [View all]	xchrom	Mar 2014	OP
This isn't a after thought to that other thread is it?	William769	Mar 2014	#1
it wasn't til you mentioned it	xchrom	Mar 2014	#22
Yeah but it's just metadata so it's no big deal.	Autumn	Mar 2014	#2
You know how they were convinced that messages were being sent back and forth through gaming	Baitball Blogger	Mar 2014	#3
Swallow a "Nation’s Telephone Network Whole"	snooper2	Mar 2014	#4
Well if the to (sic) geographical locations are identical then there no need for the phone	hootinholler	Mar 2014	#7
Swallowing a 'Telephone Network Whole' might lead to severe indigestion.	lumpy	Mar 2014	#30
Bart Gellman is a commie putinista poopiehead	Luminous Animal	Mar 2014	#5
Why is Gandalf playing an electric guitar?	Warren DeMontague	Mar 2014	#9
The NSA needs to spend more on illustrators.	Luminous Animal	Mar 2014	#11
I know, right?	Warren DeMontague	Mar 2014	#23
K & R !!!	WillyT	Mar 2014	#6
Okay, it's scary but sort of sexy at the same time.	Warren DeMontague	Mar 2014	#8
I'm just glad I'm not the only one.	AtheistCrusader	Mar 2014	#25
To paraphrase Oscar Wilde, "We are all in the gutter..."	Warren DeMontague	Mar 2014	#27
Link to the WaPo article	Luminous Animal	Mar 2014	#10
The NSA can gather all the data it wants but it has to be able to pick out the important info ....	spin	Mar 2014	#12
either way it's a win for them	Locrian	Mar 2014	#18
If you are right and I suspect you are ...	spin	Mar 2014	#31
conspiratorial, are we?	erronis	Mar 2014	#33
I think you pretty much nailed it	Locrian	Mar 2014	#34
Sorry Amigo	Savannahmann	Mar 2014	#13
Please notice that this is UNCLASSIFIED.	MineralMan	Mar 2014	#14
Duh. Kind of hard to miss that.	Autumn	Mar 2014	#17
Yes, it is, isn't it.	MineralMan	Mar 2014	#19
No evidence.	Autumn	Mar 2014	#20
OK.	MineralMan	Mar 2014	#21
Then this Guardian article confuses me.	AtheistCrusader	Mar 2014	#26
A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.	Tierra_y_Libertad	Mar 2014	#15
I'm going to prank call people in Iran and Syria just to confuse the NSA.	Vashta Nerada	Mar 2014	#16
Yottabite	Octafish	Mar 2014	#24
I hope all the people who tried to spin the crap that the NSA does not have time to listen to calls	djean111	Mar 2014	#28
That pretty much nails the spin.	Pholus	Mar 2014	#29
I actually nailed that spin months ago, but I may as well have been talking in tongues.	djean111	Mar 2014	#32
I was hoping for an administration of good listeners, but this is becoming ridiculous...	adirondacker	Mar 2014	#35

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