Posted on Jun 5, 2015
There is absolutely too much bad press regarding the United States National Security Agency. Should Americans assist in reducing bad press?
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The United States National Security Agency is America's finest agency. The National Security Agency enables Network Warfare operations to defeat terrorists and terrorist organizations national and abroad consistent with United States law. The NSA's Information Assurance mission confronts the formidable challenge of preventing foreign adversaries from gaining access to United States classified national security information. The National Security Agency gains a decision advantage for the nations National Command Authority and should maintain special authority to continue. The National Security Agency is a premier leader in the United States national defense effort. Americans should have greater acceptance of the NSA's global mission. Your thoughts?
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Why should the American public have a greater acceptance of the NSA violating the Bill of Rights?
I think it is a travesty that we have travelled as far as we have down the slippery slope.
I think it is a travesty that we have travelled as far as we have down the slippery slope.
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LTC (Join to see)
SSG (Join to see) I don't have a problem with the down vote, but I usually like to further the debate and know what I said to cause you to down vote my comment.
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LTC (Join to see)
SSG (Join to see) Data mining is an invasion of every American's privacy. You could say that it only affects the bad people that break the laws, but I believe it is naïve to think that the NSA is gathering this info and doing nothing with it. Just because you aren't breaking the law does not mean that the unlawful search of your information is not illegal. Amd. IV of the Bill of Rights prohibits the unlawful search and seizure of personal property without a warrant issued with probable cause. This to me means the NSA gathering info through data mining is in direct opposition to the Bill of Rights.
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MAJ James H.
Sir,
This might not be the best forum or best time to bring this subject up but here is my personal take on it: The NSA along with the TSA has been given almost unbridled access to each person’s personal life in this country, citizen or not. The powers that be have and are still trying to circumvent our Constitution and Bill of Rights by playing this “terrorist” card. The last go around was if the Congress did not rubber stamp the re-newel of the Patriot Act we will have massive terrorist attacks. The US Constitution and our Bill of Rights should be restored as the law of the land. If there is a need to look into an individual or organization bring justification in front of a Federal Judge so a warrant can be issued with a name on it to execute.
On the subject of “foreign Adversaries” gaining access to our systems the NSA could very well get a leg up if they looked into the practices of our major bank cards. As it seems another major breach of our national systems has again happened exposing millions of everyday citizens personal information. We can secure our nation and our interest without surrendering our individual rights and way of life.
Sir,
This might not be the best forum or best time to bring this subject up but here is my personal take on it: The NSA along with the TSA has been given almost unbridled access to each person’s personal life in this country, citizen or not. The powers that be have and are still trying to circumvent our Constitution and Bill of Rights by playing this “terrorist” card. The last go around was if the Congress did not rubber stamp the re-newel of the Patriot Act we will have massive terrorist attacks. The US Constitution and our Bill of Rights should be restored as the law of the land. If there is a need to look into an individual or organization bring justification in front of a Federal Judge so a warrant can be issued with a name on it to execute.
On the subject of “foreign Adversaries” gaining access to our systems the NSA could very well get a leg up if they looked into the practices of our major bank cards. As it seems another major breach of our national systems has again happened exposing millions of everyday citizens personal information. We can secure our nation and our interest without surrendering our individual rights and way of life.
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COL (Join to see)
Good day to you also sir,
I am as passionate as you are sir reference our Constitution, Bill of Rights, and way of life. The head of state of the United States is a civilian and shall remain a civilian. The current civilian in office has stated the following:
"That’s why, in the years to come, we will have to keep working hard to strike the appropriate balance between our need for security and preserving those freedoms that make us who we are. That means reviewing the authorities of law enforcement, so we can intercept new types of communication, but also build in privacy protections to prevent abuse.”
President Obama,
May 23, 2013
National Defense University
In his May 2013 address at the National Defense University, the President made clear that we, as a Government, need to review the surveillance authorities used by our law enforcement and intelligence community professionals so that we can collect information needed to keep us safe and ensure that we are undertaking the right kinds of privacy protections to prevent abuse. In the wake of recent unauthorized disclosures about some of our key intelligence collection programs, President Obama has directed that as much information as possible be made public, while mindful of the need to protect sources, methods and national security. Acting under that
guidance, the Administration has provided enhanced transparency on, and engaged in robust public discussion about, key intelligence collection programs undertaken by the National Security Agency (NSA). This is important not only to foster the kind of debate the President has called for, but to correct inaccuracies that have appeared in the media and elsewhere.
I am as passionate as you are sir reference our Constitution, Bill of Rights, and way of life. The head of state of the United States is a civilian and shall remain a civilian. The current civilian in office has stated the following:
"That’s why, in the years to come, we will have to keep working hard to strike the appropriate balance between our need for security and preserving those freedoms that make us who we are. That means reviewing the authorities of law enforcement, so we can intercept new types of communication, but also build in privacy protections to prevent abuse.”
President Obama,
May 23, 2013
National Defense University
In his May 2013 address at the National Defense University, the President made clear that we, as a Government, need to review the surveillance authorities used by our law enforcement and intelligence community professionals so that we can collect information needed to keep us safe and ensure that we are undertaking the right kinds of privacy protections to prevent abuse. In the wake of recent unauthorized disclosures about some of our key intelligence collection programs, President Obama has directed that as much information as possible be made public, while mindful of the need to protect sources, methods and national security. Acting under that
guidance, the Administration has provided enhanced transparency on, and engaged in robust public discussion about, key intelligence collection programs undertaken by the National Security Agency (NSA). This is important not only to foster the kind of debate the President has called for, but to correct inaccuracies that have appeared in the media and elsewhere.
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SSgt Lonnie Montgomery
Major,
Sir, I am happy to have this discussion with you however, I think maybe our audience here might become somewhat bored with it and start to go off the deep end on both sides of the issue if we continue the way we were. So I do ask that you don’t challenge my patriotism nor I yours, I concede you to what you are stating as your justification of authority comes from our “civilians” currently in office if you will entertain for a moment the thought that maybe these “civilian” politicians did not have the legal authority in the first place. Hear me out for a moment if you will.
Our Framers understood the treat that a big all-encompassing federal government would have on our nation back before the signing of our Constitution and came up with a “Bill of Rights” to address some of these issues. Reading the Federalist Papers and Anti-Federalist papers gives an insight to the struggles our Framers were having with the authority of our federal government. The very safe guards they placed in writing are now being side stepped ignored or just plan walked on. For the most part I believe our forefathers got it right.
As with the knee jerk reactions of WWII, FDR signing his “executive orders” placing US citizens in internment camps without warrants or just cause for the greater good of the nation, our present day politicians are saying and doing the same thing. STOP now and think about how these citizens were treated without due process guaranteed them.
There are those that are saying if you are doing nothing wrong then you have nothing to worry about from these agencies. My take on that is once we surrender our guaranteed rights regardless of how small and insignificant they might seem at the time will make them almost impossible to be reclaimed.
If there are "bad guys" out there and we know there are. Go after them with everything we have in our collective arsenal but, do it the right way. If they be US citizens they are protected: take your evidence before a federal judge and seek a warrant with a name on it. Then prosecute it.
Sir, I am happy to have this discussion with you however, I think maybe our audience here might become somewhat bored with it and start to go off the deep end on both sides of the issue if we continue the way we were. So I do ask that you don’t challenge my patriotism nor I yours, I concede you to what you are stating as your justification of authority comes from our “civilians” currently in office if you will entertain for a moment the thought that maybe these “civilian” politicians did not have the legal authority in the first place. Hear me out for a moment if you will.
Our Framers understood the treat that a big all-encompassing federal government would have on our nation back before the signing of our Constitution and came up with a “Bill of Rights” to address some of these issues. Reading the Federalist Papers and Anti-Federalist papers gives an insight to the struggles our Framers were having with the authority of our federal government. The very safe guards they placed in writing are now being side stepped ignored or just plan walked on. For the most part I believe our forefathers got it right.
As with the knee jerk reactions of WWII, FDR signing his “executive orders” placing US citizens in internment camps without warrants or just cause for the greater good of the nation, our present day politicians are saying and doing the same thing. STOP now and think about how these citizens were treated without due process guaranteed them.
There are those that are saying if you are doing nothing wrong then you have nothing to worry about from these agencies. My take on that is once we surrender our guaranteed rights regardless of how small and insignificant they might seem at the time will make them almost impossible to be reclaimed.
If there are "bad guys" out there and we know there are. Go after them with everything we have in our collective arsenal but, do it the right way. If they be US citizens they are protected: take your evidence before a federal judge and seek a warrant with a name on it. Then prosecute it.
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COL (Join to see)
NSA is an element of the U.S. intelligence community charged with collecting and reporting intelligence for foreign intelligence and counterintelligence purposes. NSA performs this mission by engaging in the collection of “signals intelligence,” which, quite literally, is the production of foreign intelligence through the collection, processing, and analysis of communications or other data, passed or accessible by radio, wire, or other electromagnetic means. Every intelligence activity NSA undertakes is necessarily constrained to these central foreign intelligence and counterintelligence purposes. NSA’s challenge in an increasingly interconnected world, a world where our adversaries make use of the same communications systems and services as Americans and our allies, is to find and report on the communications of foreign intelligence value while respecting privacy and civil liberties. We do not need to sacrifice civil liberties for the sake of national security. Both are integral to who we are as Americans. NSA can and will continue to conduct its operations in a manner that respects both. We strive to achieve this through a system that is carefully designed to be consistent with Authorities and Controls and enabled by capabilities that allow us to Collect, Analyze, and Report intelligence needed to protect national security. The United States is currently engaged with enemy forces across several battlefields. The enemy realizing United States military capability on the battlefield to be formidable, has initiated creative methods of attacking within the continental United States. The National Security Agency remains vigilant in deterring such aggression.
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SCPO Sally Puddy
I don't trust the NSA any more than I'd trust the Bundesnachrichtendienst. Please tell that to your handlers Major.
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The NSA violates the 4th amendment of millions of Americans. I would hardly call that a fine agency.
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