On: Defund the NSA - This Isn't Over

[evanm]

The NSA spying program is horrible, yes. And I think it should be halted immediately. But we need the NSA—they do important things for this country despite the bad clout they've received because of this one domestic program. That program is minuscule in size compared to the sum of the important operations that are conducted in the agency.

I want to make myself clear. I think the domestic intercepts are 100% wrong and unconstitutional. That needs to stop. But that agency is home to smart people who do other necessary work to protect us.

[matchu → evanm]

For reference, here's the text of the amendment: http://amendments-rules.house.gov/amendments/AMASH_018_xml27...

It short, it defunds the NSA's ability to conduct surveillance on people who are not being investigated.

[dlitz → evanm]

Despite the catchy slogan, this isn't actually about defunding the entire NSA.

[00rion → evanm]

Could you list some things they do to protect us so that we all have a better understanding?

I feel that their aim would be to collect non-domestic information that could be used to push US interests. Is that really a positive thing?

[3327 → evanm]

domestic spying NO Foreign spying and intel gathering YES