tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post4076431852592885453..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: Steve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-47276006153172280932013-06-06T17:38:04.269-04:002013-06-06T17:38:04.269-04:00Hell, Chris, if a news story out of Washington isn...Hell, Chris, if a news story out of Washington isn't hair-on-fire (or playable as such regardless of the underlying facts) it'll never see the light of day in the infotainment media to begin with.Never Ben Betterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17814767173601107270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-4836178149621499562013-06-06T12:46:54.661-04:002013-06-06T12:46:54.661-04:00Perhaps it is because I work in the field of data ...Perhaps it is because I work in the field of data analysis, but I really don't see why this particular news story is causing so many people to run around with their hair on fire.<br /><br />Metadata analysis actually requires large volumes of data in order to improve the accuracy of the results *and* to reduce the incidence of false positives. In other words, if your concern is to protect you personal privacy while still allowing the government to use modern data analysis to track down the bad guys, a larger data sweep is just the kind of thing you should be in favor of.Chris Andersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18139817527808942227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-36353398318596691672013-06-06T12:07:44.538-04:002013-06-06T12:07:44.538-04:00As the kids say: come sit by me. We can wait it ou...As the kids say: come sit by me. We can wait it out together. Libby Spencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01915834698802726985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-78665345484797450722013-06-06T11:41:07.903-04:002013-06-06T11:41:07.903-04:00Given the limited nature of the data at issue - no...Given the limited nature of the data at issue - no call content information and no information re who was on either end - I just can't get all that excited, anyway. <br /><br />Particularly in light of the unique threat posed by global terrorism conducted by large, capable, well-funded, and well-staffed organizations.<br /><br />Assuming, of course, that the NSA can usefully employ these data to combat said terrorism.<br /><br />And in any case I am far from "stunned."Philo Vaihingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17150326435392881297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-60119624757519885152013-06-06T11:04:58.396-04:002013-06-06T11:04:58.396-04:00Thanks, Steve, for a response I essentially endors...Thanks, Steve, for a response I essentially endorse; and especially for the link to Joshua Foust, who has facts (what a concept). Petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03830774223073462725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-79519601286327934102013-06-06T10:05:32.212-04:002013-06-06T10:05:32.212-04:00I can only console myself by realizing that had it...I can only console myself by realizing that had it been Mitt Romney or George Bush's administration doing it they'd all support it.Glennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03681336164718681936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-17515225196185177062013-06-06T09:50:04.569-04:002013-06-06T09:50:04.569-04:00I've said it before, and I'll say it again...I've said it before, and I'll say it again - if anyone expected America's first African-American Democratic President to be some sort of a flaming Liberal, then let me smoke some o' what youz is smokin'!<br /><br />This is not to forgive him, but to say that this is the hand he was dealt.<br /><br />After 9/11, and the incompetent way Cheney and his puppet went about dealing with the ramifications, including making our national security apparatus take steroid injections, and allowing it to blindly grab everything single thing it could get a hold of, what did everyone expect Obama to do?<br />-He eventually got us out of Iraq.<br />-We're scheduled to get out of Afghanistan next year.<br />-Did anyone really expect him to start to disassemble the national security apparatus(es)?<br /><br />You know the righties were praying on their knees for a terrorist attack on US soil that, if it didn't exceed 9/11, at least match it.<br />And still are.<br /><br />So, it doesn't surprise me that the NSA did what it did, after the Boston Marathon attacks. <br />Unless the Obama administration had specifically stopped all of the programs that W put in place, this is what they were going to do. <br />And imagine the repercussions, if an event on the level of 9/11 happened on a black Democratic President's watch.<br /><br />As Davis said, that privacy horsie left the barn decades ago. And 9/11 permanently locked the barn door.<br /><br />This shit sucks. <br />And I hate it.<br />But does anyone expect the next Republican President to dismantle this?<br /><br />Hell, you know what will be the frosting on this shit-cake?<br />When the Republicans try to (ironically) impeach Obama, over a program W started.<br /><br />They'll impeach him, or try, and if a Republican wins in 2016, they will exponentially increase this program, in "The LiberTEA Act of 2017."Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-70105792511504346882013-06-06T09:11:06.897-04:002013-06-06T09:11:06.897-04:00Shhhhhhhh, Davis - Steve doesn't want to hear ...Shhhhhhhh, Davis - Steve doesn't want to hear it, he told us so himself.redscotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00311167473555575509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-84873801505818040352013-06-06T09:00:46.912-04:002013-06-06T09:00:46.912-04:00Democrats fundamentally invented the national secu...Democrats fundamentally invented the national security state, under Truman. <br /><br />The first Democratic president to propose a national health care system is also the forefather of FISA.<br /><br />This is a long and equivocal story, going into its eight decade.<br />Davis X. Machinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17314589238738948708noreply@blogger.com