Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck,
"FOFF" = Felonious Old Fat Fuck,
"COFF" = Convicted Old Felonious Fool,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset,
A/K/A P01135809, A/K/A Dementia Donnie, A/K/A Felon^34,
A/K/A Dolt-45, A/K/A Don Snoreleone

Saturday, June 15, 2013

NSA: A Thought Experiment

Let's assume, for the sake of discussion, that the Patriot Act is repealed and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is revised to prohibit the blanket surveillance warrants that the FISC issues. Hell, let's even assume that there is a privacy advocate which has the job of going before the FISC to argue against those blanket search warrants.

Does anyone truly believe that the NSA would obey the law?

I don't. They'd do it all anyway. Even if they didn't, directly, they'd enter into deals with their Canadian and British counterparts along the lines of: "You spy on our citizens, we'll spy on yours and we'll all share what we find."

Trusting a spy not to break the law is like trusting a dog not to lick its ass.

1 comment:

Joe said...

Did you see the speech from Viviane Reding,
the European Commissioner for Justice?

Where can I get a politician like that to vote for?