Top NSA Whistleblower: Every Time There Is a Terrorist Attack, What We Really Need to Do Is Demand that They CUT the Budgets of All the Intelligence Agencies

Top NSA Whistleblower: Every Time There Is a Terrorist Attack, What We Really Need to Do Is Demand that They CUT the Budgets of All the Intelligence Agencies ( washingtonsblog.com )

submitted 2015-12-04T16:28 by madmalloy

13 comments

Artica 2015-12-04T23:17

The government solution to government failure is always more government (and hence, more failure).

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carbanara 2015-12-04T19:41

These guys were under investigation by the FBI already, and this happened under the watch.

If we tell them, if you don't arrest people causing problems youll lose funding, they'll just start arresting everyone to ensure they didnt miss one.

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LegoMyEgo 2015-12-04T18:42

This would just turn into a quota system, not unlike a lot of local police departments that rely on the numbers to get their funding. Hasn't anyone seen The Wire?

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middle_path 2015-12-05T14:26

Police do not have a quota system, at least not legally. There may be unspoken expectations, however.

Source: father in law who is a detective.

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New_years_day 2015-12-04T18:34

This should be a thing, I mean what else are we "giving" up our liberties for?

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safespacer 2015-12-04T18:23

Never assume an agency or department to be incorruptible. Never incentivize failure with increases in budget and power.

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darkmuffin 2015-12-04T18:00

And when they see their little goldmine ru nning dry they'll "find" terrorists.

They've arrested over 80k foreign "terrorists" during the War On Terror so far, I'm sure they have no qualms arresting even a 10th that of Americans.

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FacelessOne 2015-12-05T08:25

Because of this I would like to see every government position to have live webcams available for anyone to view at anytime, there really is no reason for "State" secrets, it only welcomes this iteration of "Democracy."

Sadly an open-source world is completely rejected due to losing the battle with those who enjoy the levels of greed our "perfect" economic ecosystem allows those with power to obtain.

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darkmuffin 2015-12-05T16:50

I don't think more surveillance is the answer to anything. I think people should just chill the fuck out and learn to live and let live. But in my hippie utopia govts and corps also have a sense of social responsibility, and violence is decried for the barbarism it is, so...

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FacelessOne 2015-12-06T02:12

For a government with 0 transparency. Only thing that can fix it is surveillance of government representatives.

As long as no one watches the watchers things will only get worse.

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Boyakasha 2015-12-04T17:36

The primary mission of the Department of Energy was to end dependence on foreign oil. Our dependence has increased right along with their budget. This is the problem with virtually any government program. If it doesn't work, it simply needs more funding.

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Iron_softies 2015-12-04T23:21

A successful government program: "It worked, so we deserve more funding."

A failed government program: "It didn't work because we didn't have enough funding."

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Radial 2015-12-04T22:31

government programs never do anything but make things worse and require more government to solve.

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