Tom Drake
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We're going to spend all that too, permanently. It's like permanent now. This is not even temporary. We're not even going to go back. We're not even going to, what's the phrase, even face value. We're not even going to pretend. We're not even going to pretend. But we're doing all this in secret because you can protect.
We're going to spend all that too, permanently. It's like permanent now. This is not even temporary. We're not even going to go back. We're not even going to, what's the phrase, even face value. We're not even going to pretend. We're not even going to pretend. But we're doing all this in secret because you can protect.
Thin thread people in particular.
Thin thread people in particular.
Thin thread people in particular.
Here's why. Again, without getting all the details. Thin thread had already solved the big data problem, also protect the privacy of U.S. persons. It could go through vast amounts of data, leave all the ocean where it was, leave the sand on the beach, don't touch it, just see what changes. It protected US persons. It encrypted. It also provided basically two levels of suspicion.
Here's why. Again, without getting all the details. Thin thread had already solved the big data problem, also protect the privacy of U.S. persons. It could go through vast amounts of data, leave all the ocean where it was, leave the sand on the beach, don't touch it, just see what changes. It protected US persons. It encrypted. It also provided basically two levels of suspicion.
Here's why. Again, without getting all the details. Thin thread had already solved the big data problem, also protect the privacy of U.S. persons. It could go through vast amounts of data, leave all the ocean where it was, leave the sand on the beach, don't touch it, just see what changes. It protected US persons. It encrypted. It also provided basically two levels of suspicion.
Didn't go any further, right? But they decided not, they would not allow ThinThread to be employed even after 9-11. I begged them. We have the program. Nope. We're not going to. Didn't matter. There were solutions, not just thin thread. They were never put into the fight after 9-11. Wouldn't you think because of the failure, you'd want to put the best you had, even if you hadn't used it before?
Didn't go any further, right? But they decided not, they would not allow ThinThread to be employed even after 9-11. I begged them. We have the program. Nope. We're not going to. Didn't matter. There were solutions, not just thin thread. They were never put into the fight after 9-11. Wouldn't you think because of the failure, you'd want to put the best you had, even if you hadn't used it before?
Didn't go any further, right? But they decided not, they would not allow ThinThread to be employed even after 9-11. I begged them. We have the program. Nope. We're not going to. Didn't matter. There were solutions, not just thin thread. They were never put into the fight after 9-11. Wouldn't you think because of the failure, you'd want to put the best you had, even if you hadn't used it before?
Yeah. Wouldn't you think you would want to put the best you had in the fight? You gotta protect more people from getting placed into harm's way.
Yeah. Wouldn't you think you would want to put the best you had in the fight? You gotta protect more people from getting placed into harm's way.
Yeah. Wouldn't you think you would want to put the best you had in the fight? You gotta protect more people from getting placed into harm's way.
Is it just incompetence of this whole bureaucracy? That's part of it, but we need to make, he would say, Hayden, the general, we just need to make Americans feel safe again. That's not in the Constitution to make Americans feel safe. And it's not like we're pansies and we have to be afraid. But it was actually, you have to do the reverse psychology thing. It was, they knew they had failed.
Is it just incompetence of this whole bureaucracy? That's part of it, but we need to make, he would say, Hayden, the general, we just need to make Americans feel safe again. That's not in the Constitution to make Americans feel safe. And it's not like we're pansies and we have to be afraid. But it was actually, you have to do the reverse psychology thing. It was, they knew they had failed.
Is it just incompetence of this whole bureaucracy? That's part of it, but we need to make, he would say, Hayden, the general, we just need to make Americans feel safe again. That's not in the Constitution to make Americans feel safe. And it's not like we're pansies and we have to be afraid. But it was actually, you have to do the reverse psychology thing. It was, they knew they had failed.
They had to project it. Their way was, oh my God, even he's argued, oh, if we had all this technology prior to 9-11, 9-11 probably wouldn't have happened. They actually had the technology prior to 9-11. He's in denial about what NSA. Not only did they have the technology, they had the intel. Yes, had that too.
They had to project it. Their way was, oh my God, even he's argued, oh, if we had all this technology prior to 9-11, 9-11 probably wouldn't have happened. They actually had the technology prior to 9-11. He's in denial about what NSA. Not only did they have the technology, they had the intel. Yes, had that too.
They had to project it. Their way was, oh my God, even he's argued, oh, if we had all this technology prior to 9-11, 9-11 probably wouldn't have happened. They actually had the technology prior to 9-11. He's in denial about what NSA. Not only did they have the technology, they had the intel. Yes, had that too.