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davesque on July 1, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: FISA court rules NSA can resume bulk data collecti...

So, would someone please hack the NSA's collection of bulk metadata and use it to reveal embarrassing information about politicians and NSA employees who support this program? Why hasn't this happened yet?

harry8 on July 1, 2015 [–]

Why do you think it hasn't? People who drop endless resources into that kind of thing would use it for blackmail.

Are you sure people aren't being blackmailed? How sure?

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