NSA Whistle Blower Goes Public

[AZGrizFan]

Everyone is the enemy to you. I guess me, AZ and 93hen are evil incarnate.

No, Z and 93 are cool.

[YoUDeeMan]

I get his intentions but there are better ways to do it. And in doing it the way he did, and as an employee if BAH, he's brought unnecessary and unfavorable attention to the firm.

Unnecessary and unfavorable attention? Your firm is directly involved in stripping Americans of their privacy and trashing the Constitution.

YOUR FIRM'S ACTIONS ARE UNNECESSAY AND UNFAVORABLE! And your firm deserves all the bad publicity they get.

Fvck your firm for being a part of this.

[YoUDeeMan]

Well "the firm" has clearly profited from these practices, so forgive me if I have a hard time feeling badly for it.

This company isn't the problem. It's the coward in Hong King.

The guy is a hero and should be given a Nobel Peace Prize for trying to save America from scumbags and tyrants.

[Ibanez]

I get his intentions but there are better ways to do it. And in doing it the way he did, and as an employee if BAH, he's brought unnecessary and unfavorable attention to the firm.

Unnecessary and unfavorable attention? Your firm is directly involved in stripping Americans of their privacy and trashing the Constitution.

YOUR FIRM'S ACTIONS ARE UNNECESSAY AND UNFAVORABLE! And your firm deserves all the bad publicity they get.

Fvck your firm for being a part of this.

Show me in the news where it states BAH was part of it. This hack had been in the community for 10 years. He was only with BAH for 3 months. I don't see you chiding Dell, whom he previously worked for. You're anger is misplaced.

[Ibanez]

Everyone is the enemy to you. I guess me, AZ and 93hen are evil incarnate.

Don't lump me in here. I agree with houndawg on this one. BAH IS the enemy here...This kid is a fucking hero.

You are the enemy. You're an evil banker.

[Ibanez]

You think BAH is the first company to hire someone that breaks the law? You think he's the first spy to go rogue? You aren't even listening to him. You're getting bogged down on the wrong thing. It's about what he's reported, not who he worked for, for 3 months. Where was he prior to that? Booz Allen isn't the problem or the enemy.

All I'm saying is that I don't feel sympathy for Booz getting negative press over this when they've profited from these kinds of programs.

Lets wait for all the information to come out. He was only with the company do 3 months. That's a small portion of the career he's had with defense contractors.

[kalm]

Don't lump me in here. I agree with houndawg on this one. BAH IS the enemy here...This kid is a fucking hero.

You are the enemy. You're an evil banker.

Well, BAH has to have somewhere to put all the billions they're making off the NSA. Turns out spying on Americans is a cottage industry.

Spoiler: show

[houndawg]

Don't lump me in here. I agree with houndawg on this one. BAH IS the enemy here...This kid is a **** hero.

You are the enemy. You're an evil banker.

He's a credit union guy, huge difference.


Man it hurts to say that out loud.

[kalm]

Latest piece from the Guardian with some congressional and overseas reaction. This thing is a big fucking deal:

Dianne Feinstein, chairman of the national intelligence committee, has ordered the NSA to review how it limits the exposure of Americans to government surveillance. But she made clear her disapproval of Snowden. "What he did was an act of treason," she said.

Peter Schaar, Germany's federal data protection commissioner told the Guardian that it was unacceptable that US authorities have access to the data of European citizens "and the level of protection is lower than what is guaranteed for US citizens." His Italian counterpart, Antonello Soro, said that the data dragnet "would not be legal in Italy" and would be "contrary to the principles of our legislation and would represent a very serious violation".

In London, the British foreign secretary William Hague was forced to defend the UK's use of intelligence gathered by the US. In the House of Commons, Hague told MPs that British laws did not allow for "indiscriminate trawling" for information. "There is no danger of a deep state out of control in some way," he said.

The ACLU and Yale Law School's Media Freedom and Information Clinic filed a motion on Monday asking for secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court opinions on the Patriot Act to be made public in the light of the Guardian's revelations.

The motion asks for any documents relating to the court's interpretation of the scope, meaning and constitutionality of Section 215 of the Patriot Act – which authorises government to obtain "any tangible thing" relevant to foreign intelligence or terrorism investigations – to be published "as quickly as possible" and with only minimal redaction.

"In a democracy, there should be no room for secret law," said Jameel Jaffer, ACLU deputy legal director. "The public has a right to know what limits apply to the government's surveillance authority, and what safeguards are in place to protect individual privacy."

The Electronic Frontier Foundation, an internet rights group, called for a "new Church committee" to investigate potential government infringements on privacy and to write new rules protecting the public. In the wake of the Watergate affair in the mid-1970s, a Senate investigation led by Idaho senator Frank Church uncovered decades of serious abuse by the US government of its eavesdropping powers. The committee report led to the passage of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and set up the Fisa courts that today secretly approve surveillance requests.

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The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.[1]

I've heard that when Glenn Greenwald was asked whether or not he's concerned about prosecution for aiding and abetting Snowden a la Julian Assange his response was 'they are welcome to come and get me...you see I have this little thing called the constitution...'.

Glenn Greenwald cut his teeth as a constitutional and civil rights attorney before becoming a journalist. He clearly understands that craft better than the fraud sitting in the oval office.

[houndawg]

Unnecessary and unfavorable attention? Your firm is directly involved in stripping Americans of their privacy and trashing the Constitution.

YOUR FIRM'S ACTIONS ARE UNNECESSAY AND UNFAVORABLE! And your firm deserves all the bad publicity they get.

Fvck your firm for being a part of this.

Show me in the news where it states BAH was part of it. This hack had been in the community for 10 years. He was only with BAH for 3 months. I don't see you chiding Dell, whom he previously worked for. You're anger is misplaced.

Fvck Dell too if they do the same shit your employer does.

I hope your company gets such unnecessary and unfavorable attention that people cross the street when they see you coming and the homeless won't take your spare change.

[Ibanez]

Show me in the news where it states BAH was part of it. This hack had been in the community for 10 years. He was only with BAH for 3 months. I don't see you chiding Dell, whom he previously worked for. You're anger is misplaced.

Fvck Dell too if they do the same shit your employer does.

I hope your company gets such unnecessary and unfavorable attention that people cross the street when they see you coming and the homeless won't take your spare change.

That's a lot of hate for a company you know nothing about. But hey, it's the internet.
Enjoy your day. I sure will.

[AZGrizFan]

Don't lump me in here. I agree with houndawg on this one. BAH IS the enemy here...This kid is a fucking hero.

You are the enemy. You're an evil banker.

Nice try, D1B. That red herring ain't gonna work here... It's YOUR industry under the microscope now...

[AZGrizFan]

You are the enemy. You're an evil banker.

He's a credit union guy, huge difference.


Man it hurts to say that out loud.

[D1B]

You are the enemy. You're an evil banker.

Nice try, D1B. That red herring ain't gonna work here... It's YOUR industry under the microscope now...

Fuck you, Fatass.

Conk fucks like you are the root of all evil, including this shit. All started with your life hero, W.

[AZGrizFan]

Nice try, D1B. That red herring ain't gonna work here... It's YOUR industry under the microscope now...

Fuck you, Fatass.

Conk fucks like you are the root of all evil, including this shit. All started with your life hero, W.

Wrong again, as usual. My life hero was Ronnie Reagan.

[ASUMountaineer]

Nice try, D1B. That red herring ain't gonna work here... It's YOUR industry under the microscope now...

**** you, Fatass.

Conk **** like you are the root of all evil, including this ****. All started with your life hero, W.

And continued and increased by your life hero, Commander Obama.

It's always tough to realize that you are your enemy.

[Ibanez]

You are the enemy. You're an evil banker.

Nice try, D1B. That red herring ain't gonna work here... It's YOUR industry under the microscope now...

In a few weeks, you all will forget a company that you didn't know existed. I'm good. Besides, it's the internet.

[UNI88]

Nice try, D1B. That red herring ain't gonna work here... It's YOUR industry under the microscope now...

In a few weeks, you all will forget a company that you didn't know existed. I'm good. Besides, it's the internet.

I knew it existed. BAH is a top notch consulting firm similar to McKinsey, BCG, etc. These firms hire smart people and work them like dogs and bill out at outrageous hourly rates to cover the overhead and the partner bonuses. In return, the employees get paid pretty well and the experience looks great on a resume if they want to jump ship to one of the client companies. Unfortunately, government agencies have become a cash cow for many of these firms.

[DSUrocks07]

Money is the root of all evil. Pay a man enough and he'll go through hell and high water to protect your "good name".

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[DSUrocks07]

In a few weeks, you all will forget a company that you didn't know existed. I'm good. Besides, it's the internet.

I knew it existed. BAH is a top notch consulting firm similar to McKinsey, BCG, etc. These firms hire smart people and work them like dogs and bill out at outrageous hourly rates to cover the overhead and the partner bonuses. In return, the employees get paid pretty well and the experience looks great on a resume if they want to jump ship to one of the client companies. Unfortunately, government agencies have become a cash cow for many of these firms.

And since 9/11, business is a-boomin'.

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[BDKJMU]

BAH 2013 will be like Haliburton 2003.

[ALPHAGRIZ1]

Everyone is the enemy to you. I guess me, AZ and 93hen are evil incarnate.

No, Z and 93 are cool.

FU...leaving me off that list. Donk fu*k

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[D1B]

Fuck you, Fatass.

Conk fucks like you are the root of all evil, including this shit. All started with your life hero, W.

Wrong again, as usual. My life hero was Ronnie Reagan.

What a jerk.

[D1B]

No, Z and 93 are cool.

FU...leaving me off that list. Donk fu*k

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dawg, I and several other here would definitely say your mother is cool.

You, however, are a dick scab.

[houndawg]

No, Z and 93 are cool.

FU...leaving me off that list. Donk fu*k

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You're already on the piss-ant sheep-shaggers list.