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Asking the Hard Questions

General Alexander, head of the NSA, will be testifying in an open session of the house Intelligence Committee this week.  The following are some suggested questions for the good general:

Question 1 -General, exactly what percentage of your agencies requests for warrants to target American citizens are turned down by the FISA courts?

Question 2 – General, please describe to the committee the programs under which the National Security Agency gathers information about the telephonic communications and Internet activities of  American citizens.

Question 2 – General, please describe to us the procedures the NSA has put in place to make it impossible for someone to abuse this data that you’ve put into a conveniently indexed database.

Question 3 – Oh, it’s quite possible that this data could be abused by someone in your organization to target an American citizen for personal or political reasons?

Question 4 – Have you lost your damned mind?

Question 5 – General, do you understand your rights under Article 31 of the UCMJ?

Question 6 – Which one of those yokels sitting next to you is your attorney?

Oh, and “Silently We Defend“, General. Have a nice day.

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  1. MSgt B's avatar

    “…do you understand your rights under Article 31 of the UCMJ?”

    That one will make any GI’s blood run cold.

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  2. oldnfo's avatar

    oldnfo

     /  June 18, 2013

    And not a damn one of those will actually be asked… dammit…

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    • daddybear71's avatar

      No, it doesn’t sound like they were. It sounds like we’re back to debating whether the ends justify the means again.

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