So we are to believe that the NSA, an organization that operates with minimal oversight and tell congress that it can't report the data requested, and is building a 1,000,000 square foot complex in Utah with a 1 Yottabyte capacity is not building dossiers on US citizens? This is the data center that will store “all forms of communication, including the complete contents of private emails, cell phone calls, and Google searches, as well as all sorts of personal data trails—parking receipts, travel itineraries, bookstore purchases, and other digital ‘pocket litter.’”
Perhaps we should look at the statements through the eyes of a rules lawyer:
Q: Could the NSA, at the direction of Dick Cheney, identify people who sent e-mails making fun of his inability to hunt in order to waterboard them.?
NSA Guy: “NSA does not have the ability to do that in the United States.”
Rules Lawyer: So that is not allowed in the US but if we send the data to Canada or the UK we could legally intercept it there...
Q: “Does the NSA really keep a file on everyone?,”
NSA Gus: "No, we don’t. Absolutely no. And anybody who would tell you that we’re keeping files or dossiers on the American people knows that’s not true.”
Rules Lawyer: If we don't separate the data into "files" and "folders" (ala the office paradigm) we don't. I hope nobody asks if we can search our massive database that is not comprised of "files" and "folders" for information about anybody that we have come across in our listening activities.
Or perhaps we should look at the rubber stamping FISA court and see, by their own admission, how many times 4th amendment has been violated: once. ONCE? Just Once? Is there a conflict of interest here -- me thinks so.
So America, what can you do to put the cat back in the bag? I fear nothing can be done. It is time to realize that the US Constitution is just an illusion of protection for the people (and corporations) of the country. The shadowy specter of the black budget and control of such means that most congress critters have no idea what the secretive security agencies are doing. Changing your congress critter probably won't change anything -- don't get me started on the myth of choice in a 2-party system.
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