Comment by throwaway_7423
12 days ago
> Do you really think if the NSA is not allowed to do something, that they'll be held accountable? In 2026?
I know more than a few career lawyers who worked or currently work at NSA. It would blow your mind how rigidly they follow the laws and rules when it comes to US citizens.
Of course I don't expect you to believe me because "I said so" or anything like that. I can tell you definitively that when it comes to US citizens NSA is pretty neutered.
You may be thinking of the FBI...
The most fun proof this isn't the case is Keith Alexander lying in congress with 'not willingly' which is something completely different from 'not knowingly'. The NSA uses loopholes in laws and back around Snowden they played the card of using one European Union country versus another.