Henry Stimson Secretary of State wrote "Gentlemen don't read other gentlemen's mail as to the logic for closing down the Cipher Bureau in 1929. Thus the USA was hampered as the Axis powers built their war machines. Foreign government feign indignation at spying and are hypocrites because they are also spying. Further even friends need to watch for one another. The 9/11/2001 event was organized in Hamburg Germany.
People who believe that the NSA is bad and Snowden good are at the least naive' Snowden ought to be tried as a traitor
Section 215 of the Patriot Act is the authority to collect metadata. Inquires require FISC approval. In 2012 only 300 such inquires were requested . Data does need to be collected in housed in one area so that when the need arises it can more quickly be recovered. to suggest that such data remain with the telecoms is to invite unnecessary and a very dangerous delay
in our ability to respond.
This is not a topic for emotional /poltical responses but for logical solutions to protect the people and the interests of this country. This is a grown up game and we need grown ups in the room.
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