Re: The Presidential Commission

2013-12-26 Thread Robert J. Hansen
On 12/26/2013 7:23 AM, Johan Wevers wrote: > OK, and are changes made? Or is this just another promise like the one > to close the torture prison at Guantanamo Bay? I'm not going to dignify that last one with an answer. As to your first question, no changes have been made yet. It's only been a c

Re: The Presidential Commission

2013-12-26 Thread Johan Wevers
On 21-12-2013 2:43, Robert J. Hansen wrote: > The President's commission on the NSA was expected to give a whitewash > of the program. They definitely didn't. When the recently-retired #2 > at the CIA tells the President, "you're screwing up and reforms need to > be made immediately over at NSA,

Re: The Presidential Commission

2013-12-20 Thread Robert J. Hansen
> How major is this? The intelligence agencies seem to be out of control, > not only in the US. I just read this as "they are not allowed to OPENLY > weaken encryption standards and if we catch them someone may be scapegoated". The President's commission on the NSA was expected to give a whitewash

Re: The Presidential Commission

2013-12-20 Thread Johan Wevers
On 20-12-2013 16:03, Robert J. Hansen wrote: > There has been a major development in the U.S. regarding government > surveillance. Y'all might enjoy reading the following link. > > http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/dec/19/white-house-says-its-open-45-panels-proposed-46-ns/ > > Notably fo