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"the real existential threat to the NSA is not Al Quaeda, but Congress"

2013-12-02 01:51:25.238672+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

MeFi user jenkinsEar points it out:

The NSA needs terrorists and bad guys in order to succeed- the real existential threat to the NSA is not Al Quaeda, but Congress- and, like Hoover before them, there's a pretty strong likelihood that they are spending more time monitoring the source of their funding than their ostensible targets.

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