said by 54761437:Legal according to whom? Or to what? Everything the NSA does is in direct violation of the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution, among others. If you believe the Constitution is a "living document" then you won't be a pedant about the modern interpretation of protection from unlawful search and seizure--it extends to digital effects, as well. Sure, something you put in the public domain should be considered up for public review and criticism, but the fact that the NSA is actively breaking encryption in transit and strong-arming companies into complying with their secret FISA court bullshit is proof that they're operating extralegally. None of it's legal, none of it has any valid legal precedent, and it's not protecting anyone from anything.
If what the NSA does actually discovers or thwarts criminals and terrorists, why do we still have mass shootings like clockwork? Clearly, the amount of data they have should let them psychologically profile these people and arrest them before they commit the crime. But the fact is the NSA can't even do spying right. They're subhuman filth who consider themselves geniuses in computer science, but this failed data center is a testament to the contrary.
They have prevented 0 attacks out of how many? and by the way I'm not counting the made up ones... the phony ones plastered all over the news with around the clock coverage. then nothing about it,no update or nothing..
obviously these are "fake or faked ones" they seem to do it about once or twice a month to "scare" people.
TSA security is a joke at best and are the LAUGHING stock of the government.
that 9 yo showed how extremely weak the airport security is.
I don't watch the news much anymore
unless it's a police chase, that is the only real live action on the news anymore that has entertainment value...