yes I am aware politicians and other government agents are making broad and generic statements to the press on how our intelligence capabilities have been hindered.
what i was specifically asking is for direct evidence that a terrorist plot that has been successfully executed was caused by a failure of our intelligence agencies post Snowden leaks
the NSA has already overcome the snowden leaks by adding cell phone targeting/tracking devices to drones in the middle east, they no longer need to get records from verizon and ATT, they literally snactch them out of the air as drones fly overhead
Oh so you're saying its okay because the NSA has now recovered. That little multi-year gap that terrorists had to study up on the US operations and not have to worry about intelligence operations against them was no big deal. Okay.
No I never said that. Your point that we crippled the NSAs data collection of cell phones is a myth. Sure their was a period of time of transition but you still can't identify a single act of terrorism that would have been prevented had it not been for the snowden leaks
You can look at the report. Everything is redacted because it was all classified as critical to the safety of the country. We know from the resulting investigations that several intelligence operations had to be abandoned, and that terrorists have information that allows them to study up on our intelligence capabilities and our methods for gathering intelligence. Ed Snowden wanted 15 minutes of fame, and he got it. He must never be allowed back into this country without paying for what he did.
Again, name 1 successful terrorist operation that would have been prevented except for the Snowden leaks.
By its very nature you can't use a government source as a basis for your arguement. Obviously the people who built the surveillance mechanism are going to defend it in the press and label Snowden as a traitor who aided the terrorists but no specific proof exists.
Also, and again, the NSA is back to spying on people in the middle east with new devices attached to drones that allow the same bulk collection of data. We learned from the new leaks that a drone can actually turn on the cell phone of a drone target to use the sim card for gps location before it fires a hellfire missle