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fanaskin

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The NSA Intends To Fire 90% Of Their System Administrators To Eliminate Future Leaks

Before the change, "what we've done is we've put people in the loop of transferring data, securing networks and doing things that machines are probably better at doing," Alexander said.

Using technology to automate much of the work now done by employees and contractors would make the NSA's networks "more defensible and more secure," as well as faster, he said at the conference, in which he did not mention Snowden by name.
 
Phazael

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Yeah because its usually the latter who are the issue. Of course, the way a lot of low level derps end up with those admin rights is because the sysadmins are too fucking lazy to do certain basic tasks and hand them out like candy to lackeys instead.
 
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chthonic-anemos_sl said:
http://www.theguardian.com/technolog...edward-snowden
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Here's their full statement.

I have been forced to make a difficult decision: to become complicit in crimes against the American people or walk away from nearly ten years of hard work by shutting down Lavabit. After significant soul searching, I have decided to suspend operations. I wish that I could legally share with you the events that led to my decision. I cannot. I feel you deserve to know what?s going on?the first amendment is supposed to guarantee me the freedom to speak out in situations like this. Unfortunately, Congress has passed laws that say otherwise. As things currently stand, I cannot share my experiences over the last six weeks, even though I have twice made the appropriate requests.

What?s going to happen now? We?ve already started preparing the paperwork needed to continue to fight for the Constitution in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. A favorable decision would allow me to resurrect Lavabit as an American company.

This experience has taught me one very important lesson: without congressional action or a strong judicial precedent, I would _strongly_ recommend against anyone trusting their private data to a company with physical ties to the United States.

Sincerely,
Ladar Levison
Owner and Operator, Lavabit LLC
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chaos

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To you, those are the only available options? Imma go with option 3, there was a threat identified against an embassy AND you are LOLOLOL trolling with your bullshit about AQ being "strong as ever."
 
tad10

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chaos_sl said:
To you, those are the only available options? Imma go with option 3, there was a threat identified against an embassy AND you are LOLOLOL trolling with your bullshit about AQ being "strong as ever."
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I'm just repeating what the experts are saying which seems to flatly contradict what Obama is saying. So who do you believe Obama or everyone else?

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/resurgent-a...9.html#9RVwJDU

Despite these successes, "the recent global terror alert illustrates that, 15 years after its first attacks on America, Al-Qaeda is thriving," former CIA analyst Bruce Riedel wrote in a recent opinion piece.

"The pandemonium in Syria, Libya, and Egypt, are like a hothouse for al Qaeda, which is thriving just as it has in Somalia and Afghanistan," Riedel added.

Seth Jones, an analyst with the Rand Corporation, noted that Al-Qaeda and its affiliates had adapted to the changing global conditions in the past decade.

"The State Department threat warnings are a reminder of the resiliency of al Qaeda," Jones said.

"Over the past decade, there has been a net expansion in the number and geographic scope of Al-Qaeda affiliates and allies, indicating that Al-Qaeda and its brand are far from defeated."
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chaos

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I believe that you are cherry picking specific quotes to fit some narrative in your head about AQ, which I am sure changes with the wind like everything else. Their leadership is decimated, their infrastructure and financial backing is in shambles, and their global reach has been blunted. They are "thriving" in chaotic nations with little to no rule of law and still unable to actually pull off a major operation. I guess that is your definition of "strong as ever."
 
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chaos_sl said:
I believe that you are cherry picking specific quotes to fit some narrative in your head about AQ, which I am sure changes with the wind like everything else. Their leadership is decimated, their infrastructure and financial backing is in shambles, and their global reach has been blunted. They are "thriving" in chaotic nations with little to no rule of law and still unable to actually pull off a major operation. I guess that is your definition of "strong as ever."
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I googled al Qaeda and picked the most recent article that showed up then grabbed the entire middle of the article. The top part of the article was Obama saying things are great.

I guess if that's "cherry picking" then sure, that's what I did.
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khalid

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A simple thought experiment: Would you feel safer and think it was easier to get funds as a terrorist a week before 9/11 or now? The answer is obviously before 9/11. It is undoubtedly true that Al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups have taken a huge hit and are having a harder time funneling money.

The real question is whether these effects were worth trampling all over our constitution and whether much of this could have been done in other ways.
 
Malakriss

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Which do you think more progress is being made: war on drugs or war on terror?

Which do you think gets more media coverage, biased or otherwise?
 
tad10

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Malakriss_sl said:
Which do you think more progress is being made: war on drugs or war on terror?

Which do you think gets more media coverage, biased or otherwise?
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We've lost both. We lost the War on Drugs in the 1990's. We lost the War on Terror when we became a Police State.

Good question!
 
chaos

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khalid_sl said:
A simple thought experiment: Would you feel safer and think it was easier to get funds as a terrorist a week before 9/11 or now? The answer is obviously before 9/11. It is undoubtedly true that Al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups have taken a huge hit and are having a harder time funneling money.

The real question is whether these effects were worth trampling all over our constitution and whether much of this could have been done in other ways.
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I agree.
 
tad10

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khalid_sl said:
A simple thought experiment: Would you feel safer and think it was easier to get funds as a terrorist a week before 9/11 or now? The answer is obviously before 9/11. It is undoubtedly true that Al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups have taken a huge hit and are having a harder time funneling money.

The real question is whether these effects were worth trampling all over our constitution and whether much of this could have been done in other ways.
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Seems like money still flows freely from Saudi sources to AQ sources. Just look at AQ in Syria.
 
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the truly funny thing is we're supporting aq in syria. How does this shit come full circle.
 
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