NSA Considered Scrapping Its Mass Phone Surveillance Program

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According to this article, the National Security Agency almost killed its mass phone surveillance program back in 2013.

Reportedly, some NSA officials were concerned that the initiative was not only expensive to run, but ineffective. It wasn't "central" to catching terrorist plots, and it wasn't capturing most cellphone calls. Not surprisingly, the critics were also worried about outrage if the truth came out -- which, of course, is exactly what happened.
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Clearly just PsyOps to lull us into thinking mass surveillance isn't really that important to them. :p
 
*checks date*

ok, five days before and after april 1st, i skip reading any news article anywhere. everyone tries to be too funny too hard.
 
Definitely an April fools story. About 70 percent of the NSA's budget is contracted out to private companies such as Booz Allen Hamilton, America's security has been turned into a huge business. American corporations walking away from limitless government money ain't exactly something that happens in the real world.

It's all about the money, Lebowski!
 
Steve said:
According to this article, the National Security Agency almost killed its mass phone surveillance program back in 2013.....instead they killed the guy who was thinking of scrapping the program and went back to business as usual.
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Fixed that for you.
 
Lith1um said:
Definitely an April fools story. About 70 percent of the NSA's budget is contracted out to private companies such as Booz Allen Hamilton, America's security has been turned into a huge business. American corporations walking away from limitless government money ain't exactly something that happens in the real world.

It's all about the money, Lebowski!
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What's it feel like washing the government's dirtly laundry for them by trying to spread or shift blame around?
 
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