10.08.2013 - 15:11 [ Techdirt ]

NSA Tries To Justify Its Surveillance Programs With Ridiculous Assertions

As President Obama was laying out his „plan“ in response to the public‘s concerns over NSA spying, both the DOJ and the NSA released some documents defending the various programs. I would imagine it will surprise none of you that these documents are chock full of hilarious and misleading claims. Let‘s highlight a few, starting with the NSA‘s document, which is shorter, more general and covers all the various programs more broadly. It‘s also a complete joke. We‘ll get to the DOJ one in another post.