Comment on The Surveillance Engine: How the NSA Built Its Own Secret GoogleparentComments−drunkcatsdgaf12y"MYSTIC is a voice interception program used by the National Security Agency. The program recorded every phone call made within a non-specified country for thirty days."https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MYSTIC_(surveillance_program)−mpyne12yAgain, this is moving the goalposts.The original claim was "the NSA records all phone calls".This is saying, "the NSA records all phone calls, in a certain, non-domestic country, for a 30-day window", which is nowhere near the same.You would think that simply accusing the NSA of what it's actually doing what be good enough, but that's only rarely the case here at HN.
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"MYSTIC is a voice interception program used by the National Security Agency. The program recorded every phone call made within a non-specified country for thirty days."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MYSTIC_(surveillance_program)
Again, this is moving the goalposts.
The original claim was "the NSA records all phone calls".
This is saying, "the NSA records all phone calls, in a certain, non-domestic country, for a 30-day window", which is nowhere near the same.
You would think that simply accusing the NSA of what it's actually doing what be good enough, but that's only rarely the case here at HN.