Twitch. You didn't even look at the article

There's lots of "Oooh - people in the government are looking at information picked up by the NSA [a government agency] in doing their work [defined by law and executive order] in collecting data outside the USA. And they're passing it around inside the government [to people who have a valid need-to-know and who are subject to penalties and prosecution if they misuse or mishandle the information] as required by executive orders and other regulations [and has to be carefully processed if it contains any US persons' information to minimize the chance of violating the law or a person's rights]. Scary!"

Sorry, I'm not buying the scare-mongering.

YMMV.

I have no problem if a sensible Congress wants to clarify/tighten/otherwise sensibly change the law about this. It shouldn't be based on oooga-booga fearmongering though. IMHO.

Cheers,
Scott.

Post #408,382 by crazy 2/26/16 4:30:51 PM 2/26/16 4:30:51 PM Reply	Twitch. You didn't even look at the article Raw data sharing before winnowing of any sort to other agencies. The data is easy everything they scoop up without a warrant. You believe the sniffer software they use only looks at data outside the country?
Post #408,383 by Another Scott 2/26/16 5:35:23 PM 2/26/16 5:35:23 PM Reply	Yes I did skim the article. There's lots of "Oooh - people in the government are looking at information picked up by the NSA [a government agency] in doing their work [defined by law and executive order] in collecting data outside the USA. And they're passing it around inside the government [to people who have a valid need-to-know and who are subject to penalties and prosecution if they misuse or mishandle the information] as required by executive orders and other regulations [and has to be carefully processed if it contains any US persons' information to minimize the chance of violating the law or a person's rights]. Scary!" Sorry, I'm not buying the scare-mongering. YMMV. I have no problem if a sensible Congress wants to clarify/tighten/otherwise sensibly change the law about this. It shouldn't be based on oooga-booga fearmongering though. IMHO. Cheers, Scott.
Post #408,397 by scoenye 2/26/16 8:18:39 PM 2/26/16 8:18:39 PM Reply	That's what they have GCHQ is for. And vice versa.

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