The NSA would presumably have all of this.

From a taxpayer perspective, it's such a waste to have multiple agencies doing their own unconstitutional surveillance. Why have two Ministries of Love when one would do? :)

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irishcoffee 8 hours ago | parent [-]

This is the purview of the FBI. The NSA is focused on the rest of the world.

Is there overlap? Sure. But the amount of disinformation on the website about the FBI vs the NSA is comical. If anything, when people say “NSA” they really mean “CIA” and just don’t understand the difference.

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cucumber3732842 8 hours ago | parent [-]

>The NSA is focused on the rest of the world.

In the same way that the CIA doesn't sell cocaine.

I'm sure they "mostly" focus externally but that doesn't mean they're not still doing a hell of a lot domestically.

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convolvatron 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

recently there has been some football and stopgap in congress about reauthorizing the patriot act permissions for the NSA to collect any communications where one endpoint is out of the country. so that's at least widely recognized and 'legal'

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irishcoffee 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I covered this with: "Is there overlap? Sure."

The FBI is the boogeyman everyone around these parts wants the NSA to be. The NSA has the skillset, they just don't use it like that, domestically.

That was my point. Carry on. I don't mind if you agree or not.

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joquarky 6 hours ago | parent [-]

> The NSA has the skillset, they just don't use it like that, domestically.

That seems like a statement that needs backed up by sources.

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irishcoffee 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Fat chance. I don’t care if you believe me. I’m not lying to you.

	▲	mothballed 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I believe you but this seems far more like HSI territory, who are comfortable, able, and excessively willing to overstep rights of both citizens and foreigners. They're also an underestimated agency that IIRC is larger than the FBI.