Topic: Obama says Snowden’s actions have “done unnecessary damage” - page 2. (Read 1689 times)
Yes... Unnecessary damage to the image the voters had about the validity of the system.
it doesn't seem like hilary clinton is any better than him. she appears to prefer the status quo, so no voting for her. she'll probably be more effective than obama has been though. that man is the best at running campiagn, and not so great at being president.
Obama really is a dreadful president. He gets caught out lying and spying on his allies, but it isn't that America is at fault, just that Snowden has hurt the country. I think the truth has hurt the country and it is time they take a good long look at themselves, otherwise they could end up being moved aside in future global politics.
The National Security Agency essentially bribed an important industry computer and network security firm to put a secret backdoor in their encryption formulas, according to a new report.
In September, a report by The Guardian sourced top-secret documents leaked by ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden to reveal that the National Security Agency intentionally compromised security standards for a wide range of technology products, with the intention of accessing information from so-called “backdoors” in those systems.
According to the Reuters report, the NSA paid a $10 million contract to RSA Security, described as “one of the most influential firms in the computer security industry,” to intentionally include an NSA-friendly code in a key part of the encryption of one of RSA’s popular security tools. The report was based on “two sources familiar with the contract.
http://www.latinospost.com/articles/32769/20131221/nsa-payed-security-firm-rsa-10-million-to-intentionally-weaken-encryption-report.htm
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Of course Obama will still blame snowden when RSA will go bankrupt.
In September, a report by The Guardian sourced top-secret documents leaked by ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden to reveal that the National Security Agency intentionally compromised security standards for a wide range of technology products, with the intention of accessing information from so-called “backdoors” in those systems.
According to the Reuters report, the NSA paid a $10 million contract to RSA Security, described as “one of the most influential firms in the computer security industry,” to intentionally include an NSA-friendly code in a key part of the encryption of one of RSA’s popular security tools. The report was based on “two sources familiar with the contract.
http://www.latinospost.com/articles/32769/20131221/nsa-payed-security-firm-rsa-10-million-to-intentionally-weaken-encryption-report.htm
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Of course Obama will still blame snowden when RSA will go bankrupt.
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration moved late Friday to prevent a federal judge in California from ruling on the constitutionality of warrantless surveillance programs authorized during the Bush administration, telling a court that recent disclosures about National Security Agency spying were not enough to undermine its claim that litigating the case would jeopardize state secrets.
In a set of filings in the two long-running cases in the Northern District of California, the government acknowledged for the first time that the N.S.A. started systematically collecting data about Americans’ emails and phone calls in 2001, alongside its program of wiretapping certain calls without warrants. The government had long argued that disclosure of these and other secrets would put the country at risk if they came out in court.
But the government said that despite recent leaks by Edward J. Snowden, the former N.S.A. contractor, that made public a fuller scope of the surveillance and data collection programs put in place after the Sept. 11 attacks, sensitive secrets remained at risk in any courtroom discussion of their details — like whether the plaintiffs were targets of intelligence collection or whether particular telecommunications providers like AT&T and Verizon had helped the agency.
“Disclosure of this still-classified information regarding the scope and operational details of N.S.A. intelligence activities implicated by plaintiffs’ allegations could be expected to cause extremely grave damage to the national security of the United States,” wrote the director of national intelligence, James R. Clapper Jr.
So, he said, he was continuing to assert the state secrets privilege, which allows the government to seek to block information from being used in court even if that means the case must be dismissed. The Justice Department wants the judge to dismiss the matter without ruling on whether the programs violated the First or Fourth Amendment.
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/12/22/us/white-house-tries-to-prevent-judge-from-ruling-on-surveillance-efforts.html
In a set of filings in the two long-running cases in the Northern District of California, the government acknowledged for the first time that the N.S.A. started systematically collecting data about Americans’ emails and phone calls in 2001, alongside its program of wiretapping certain calls without warrants. The government had long argued that disclosure of these and other secrets would put the country at risk if they came out in court.
But the government said that despite recent leaks by Edward J. Snowden, the former N.S.A. contractor, that made public a fuller scope of the surveillance and data collection programs put in place after the Sept. 11 attacks, sensitive secrets remained at risk in any courtroom discussion of their details — like whether the plaintiffs were targets of intelligence collection or whether particular telecommunications providers like AT&T and Verizon had helped the agency.
“Disclosure of this still-classified information regarding the scope and operational details of N.S.A. intelligence activities implicated by plaintiffs’ allegations could be expected to cause extremely grave damage to the national security of the United States,” wrote the director of national intelligence, James R. Clapper Jr.
So, he said, he was continuing to assert the state secrets privilege, which allows the government to seek to block information from being used in court even if that means the case must be dismissed. The Justice Department wants the judge to dismiss the matter without ruling on whether the programs violated the First or Fourth Amendment.
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/12/22/us/white-house-tries-to-prevent-judge-from-ruling-on-surveillance-efforts.html
tea pot calling the kettle black (i don't mean that in a racist way btw).. fuck off, obama.
I doubt the damage the Obama cares about has anything to do with international relations, rather it seems he is likely much more obsessed with the way he is perceived in the press, and wanting to appear as regal as possible while "the man of the people" is always hard when you are an elitist snob who hasn't done a day of hard work in his life.
He wrote 2 autobiographies. 2. That is hard work
I doubt the damage the Obama cares about has anything to do with international relations, rather it seems he is likely much more obsessed with the way he is perceived in the press, and wanting to appear as regal as possible while "the man of the people" is always hard when you are an elitist snob who hasn't done a day of hard work in his life.
President will spend winter holiday in Hawaii reflecting on surveillance policy.
In his final press conference of the year, President Barack Obama told reporters on Friday that despite the fact that former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden’s disclosures have accelerated the national debate about national security and civil liberties, he has caused “unnecessary damage.”
“I think that as important and as necessary as this debate has been, it is also important to understand that it has done unnecessary damage to United States' intelligence capabilities and to US diplomacy,” he said. “But I will leave it up to the courts and the attorney general to weigh in publicly on the specifics of Mr. Snowden’s case.”
Obama was responding specifically to comments from last week by the NSA’s incoming number two official, Rick Ledgett, who said that “it’s worth having a conversation about” possible amnesty for Snowden, the former NSA contractor. (At least one tech leader has recommended to Obama that he grant Snowden a full pardon.)
“There's a difference between Ledgett saying something and the president of the United States saying something,” Obama added.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/12/obama-says-snowdens-actions-have-done-unnecessary-damage/
In his final press conference of the year, President Barack Obama told reporters on Friday that despite the fact that former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden’s disclosures have accelerated the national debate about national security and civil liberties, he has caused “unnecessary damage.”
“I think that as important and as necessary as this debate has been, it is also important to understand that it has done unnecessary damage to United States' intelligence capabilities and to US diplomacy,” he said. “But I will leave it up to the courts and the attorney general to weigh in publicly on the specifics of Mr. Snowden’s case.”
Obama was responding specifically to comments from last week by the NSA’s incoming number two official, Rick Ledgett, who said that “it’s worth having a conversation about” possible amnesty for Snowden, the former NSA contractor. (At least one tech leader has recommended to Obama that he grant Snowden a full pardon.)
“There's a difference between Ledgett saying something and the president of the United States saying something,” Obama added.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/12/obama-says-snowdens-actions-have-done-unnecessary-damage/
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