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In reply to the discussion: This is why ALL liberals *should* oppose dragnet surveillance [View all]timdog44
(1,388 posts)I think much of what has been detected is not released to the public for obvious reasons.
I also think that the ball was dropped on the Boston bombing tragedy. Too many agencies not sharing their information and being jealous of each other. The ball was dropped on 9/11 for the same reason.
The vast mining of information is really a waste of money. If our "spies" are as intelligent as they are suppose to be, you would think them to be a little more discriminate in the information gathering. I actually hate this espionage crap, but in this day and age I think it a necessary evil.
So much of the money spent on espionage by so many agencies (hate to guess how many) very well could be spent on much better things. The same with most military budgets, into which I throw all these things.