NSA chief 'perplexed' that Twitter won't share key data

[The Sushi Bandit]

Source: Phys.org

The National Security Agency chief said Tuesday he was "perplexed" over Twitter's move to block US intelligence from accessing data which may help thwart violent attack plots.

NSA director Admiral Michael Rogers made the comments at a congressional hearing in response to Senator John McCain's criticism of Twitter for refusing access to a real-time analytics service called Dataminr. McCain queried Rogers about a Wall Street Journal report in May that Twitter had blocked intelligence agencies from using Dataminr, which uses algorithms and location tools to reveal patterns among tweets.


Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2016-09-nsa-chief-perplexed-twitter-wont.html#jCp

Read more: http://phys.org/news/2016-09-nsa-chief-perplexed-twitter-wont.html

[forest444]

1. I'm with the NSA.

I mean, they already have access to all that; what's the point in being coy with them about this.

[Warren DeMontague]

2. maybe they remember how the NSA fed spy data to the DEA to target drug users.

http://www.salon.com/2013/08/10/the_nsa_dea_police_state_tango/

Maybe they don't like how the "war on terror" is used as cover to spy on anyone who posts a picture of their bong, and to put millions more pot smokers in prison.

[Helen Borg]

3. I'm with Twitter.

About time they block these voyeuristic creeps.