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Savannahmann

(3,891 posts)
Tue Aug 6, 2013, 08:50 AM Aug 2013

Other Federal Agencies want the NSA info like the DEA gets.

Yesterday's revelation of the DEA getting information on potential suspects and then lying about where the information came from was shocking to say the least. http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023407784

But, imagine this. We fail to reign in the NSA, and all the agencies get that kind of data from the NSA. Heads up on where to look to find criminal activity. How far down does it go? How far could it go? Right now the Government is putting blimps over Washington D.C. that will supposedly scan the horizon for Cruise Missiles that could be headed in to smack the lair of our glorious leaders. Now, do with honestly believe that tech is going to be limited to over the horizon radar etc.? Do you think they aren't going to have cameras pointing straight down to look at everything going on in D.C.?http://www.nationaljournal.com/nationalsecurity/don-t-be-alarmed-by-the-drone-blimps-hovering-over-d-c-they-re-here-to-stop-cruise-missiles-20130726

So how far is too far to share the NSA data. We know the DEA is getting it, along with instructions on lying where they got it. So who's next? The IRS? Has the IRS already gotten information? Why limit it to Federal Agencies? http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/04/us/other-agencies-clamor-for-data-nsa-compiles.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=2&pagewanted=all&

Smaller intelligence units within the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Secret Service, the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security have sometimes been given access to the security agency’s surveillance tools for particular cases, intelligence officials say.


We have to reign them in now. Most of us on DU see that. More and more people in the nation see it. We have to reign in the people who are spying on us.
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Other Federal Agencies want the NSA info like the DEA gets. (Original Post) Savannahmann Aug 2013 OP
I think, for the sake of safeness, I should be the only one allowed to see this illicit information. el_bryanto Aug 2013 #1
Here's the funny thing. Savannahmann Aug 2013 #2
They have to get in line. That drug war gravy train carries a lot of weight. Warren DeMontague Aug 2013 #3

el_bryanto

(11,804 posts)
1. I think, for the sake of safeness, I should be the only one allowed to see this illicit information.
Tue Aug 6, 2013, 08:55 AM
Aug 2013

I pledge not to use it for evil purposes.

Bryant

 

Savannahmann

(3,891 posts)
2. Here's the funny thing.
Tue Aug 6, 2013, 03:56 PM
Aug 2013

I wouldn't even trust myself with that kind of information. I don't want that kind of power.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
3. They have to get in line. That drug war gravy train carries a lot of weight.
Tue Aug 6, 2013, 04:49 PM
Aug 2013

There are something like 70 million pot smokers in this country. That's a lot of "terrorists" to spy on, round up, and $$$$$ incarcerate $$$$

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