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In reply to the discussion: The Latest Snowden Leak Is Devastating to NSA Defenders [View all]hughee99
(16,113 posts)security business, you will have a hard time dismissing that and moving on to a new defense.
I don't think the NSA can be trusted, apparently you do. I think I've seen enough to have a reason not to trust them, and apparently you don't.
I don't think either one of us is going to be able to convince the other that their faith (or lack thereof) is misplaced. I'm just putting it out there now that when it comes out that people at the NSA were selling info or "helping out a friend" with information that the NSA had access to but had nothing to do with terrorism, I'm all done "agreeing to disagree". And let's be honest, you know it's going to happen if it hasn't already. If you let thousands of people access this virtual gold mine, someone's going to figure out a way to make a little extra cash, someone's going to do a "favor for a friend", or someone's going to let regulations slide for the sake of efficiency. It's human nature, and the way to avoid it is to NOT create such a tempting target in the first place.