NSA chief drops hint about ISP Web, e-mail surveillance(news.cnet.com)
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NSA chief drops hint about ISP Web, e-mail surveillance
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57589078-38/nsa-chief-drops-hint-about-isp-web-e-mail-surveillance/
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Especially after the NYT's disclosures in December 2005, which included mention of email. And an earlier disclosure by a U.S. politician (this is from memory) about intercepting Al Qaeda satellite phone calls, which was probably a disclosure that was actually damaging.
Sometimes claiming, without proof, that revelations will "hurt America" is simply a way to justify secrecy.
Sometimes claiming, without proof, that revelations will "hurt America" is simply a way to justify secrecy.
Sounds like they have zeroed in on the audit trail of what Snowden was able to access and/or what he has already given to Greenwald or the Washington Post. Some pre-damage control going on here.
> disclosing details about such surveillance would cause "our country to lose some sort of protection."
The people who they would be surveilling really wouldn't have suspected this capability already?