Anti-leaks legislation coming within weeks, says NSA chief - Polidicks

[url]http://rt.com/usa/leaks-legislation-coming-nsa-alexander-879/[/url] [IMG]http://cdn.rt.com/files/news/23/20/70/00/leaks-legislation-coming-nsa-alexander.si.jpg[/IMG] [QUOTE].S. General Keith Alexander (Reuters / Jason Reed)[/QUOTE] [QUOTE]The head of the National Security Agency, General Keith Alexander, alluded to unspecified legislation on media leaks as being forthcoming, potentially within weeks, during remarks at a cybersecurity panel on Tuesday. During an event at Georgetown University Alexander commented that leaks by former NSA contractor by Edward Snowden, which have subsequently been published by media outlets around the world, had compromised the country’s ability to secure against cybersecurity threats. Alexander also alluded to making “headway” on forthcoming policy by the government encompassing such media leaks, which has caught most by surprise.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE]“We’ve got to handle media leaks first. I think we are going to make headway over the next few weeks on media leaks. I am an optimist. I think if we make the right steps on the media leaks legislation, then cyber legislation will be a lot easier,” said Alexander.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE]“We ought to come up with a way of stopping it. I don’t know how to do that. That’s more of the courts and the policymakers but, from my perspective, it’s wrong to allow this to go on," the NSA director declared.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE]On Tuesday, Alexander doubled down on his belief that Snowden’s intelligence leaks to the media, most notably former Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald, have been detrimental to the US. “My personal opinion: these leaks have caused grave, significant and irreversible damage to our nation and to our allies. It will take us years to recover,” said Alexander.[/QUOTE]

This better not pass, otherwise goodbye freedom of the press...

Ha! Good luck trying to stop people leaking information that should not be kept from the public. It's almost as if they want to remove how morals, and human nature.

Now thats just some tyr... Well, you get the point. I could expect something like that in Russia, or pre-revolution Ukraine, but I'm sure that America is better then that.

This isn't going to stop shit, people will continue to leak whatever Snowden had on that laptop, and if the Guardian can't do it, they'll find tons of other people who want to participate which I'm sure they're doing right now

Trying to prevent information from getting out in this day and age is damn near impossible.

[QUOTE=SuperDuperScoot;44135128]Trying to prevent information from getting out in this day and age is damn near impossible.[/QUOTE] Depends who you want to stop it getting to. If you get google and other search engine providers to exclude it then you are already making it difficult to access for most of the population. Then threaten hosts who host websites which show it. Then attack websites which still show it. Then defame the remaining hosters so no one will believe them anyway.

I'm just wondering after all the shit that got leaked about NSA, are they still continuing operations?

[QUOTE=xianlee;44135188]I'm just wondering after all the shit that got leaked about NSA, are they still continuing operations?[/QUOTE] Yes.

[Quote]“We ought to come up with a way of stopping it. I don’t know how to do that. That’s more of the courts and the policymakers but, from my perspective, it’s wrong to allow this to go on," the NSA director declared.[/quote] He must be the ideas guy.

Fear mongering bullshit.

[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;44135062]This better not pass, otherwise goodbye freedom of the press...[/QUOTE] Hardly. You can always print and/or say what you want about the government without any fear. Always. Regardless of what passes. Its the first amendment. You may have to cite your sources, but at least we have the freedom to openly criticize our government

[QUOTE=Code3Response;44135495]Hardly. You can always print and/or say what you want about the government without any fear. Always. Regardless of what passes. Its the first amendment. You may have to cite your sources, but at least we have the freedom to openly criticize our government[/QUOTE] There is a reason why reporters protect their sources. So that the leakers don't get fucked by the government. If you take away that protection you take away all potential leaks.

I hope this man loses his job and is thrown in jail for a few years for what he does. [editline]5th March 2014[/editline] By 'grave damage' to us and our allies, I assume he means the leaks that we've been wiretapping them. Yeah, pretty grave damage to us [i]what you've been doing[/i], not the terrorists.

[QUOTE=ForgottenKane;44135571]I hope this man loses his job and is thrown in jail for a few years for what he does. [editline]5th March 2014[/editline] By 'grave damage' to us and our allies, I assume he means the leaks that we've been wiretapping them. Yeah, pretty grave damage to us [i]what you've been doing[/i], not the terrorists.[/QUOTE] You know how the NSA is, they get their hand caught in the cookie jar, and it's everyone's fault but theirs

I can't bear to read news on the NSA anymore. My parents think that the NSA really is spying on terrorists, that what they're doing is for the good of America, and that the government can do no wrong. :suicide:

I'm reminded of the jangling the Malvinas tactic of attention diversion here.

It'd get ruled unconstitutional I'm fairly sure.

"We want to control what people hear, and see"

What are you fucks? 3? Stop blaming your invisible friend and own up to your shit

[QUOTE=ForgottenKane;44135571]By 'grave damage' to us and our allies, I assume he means the leaks that we've been wiretapping them. Yeah, pretty grave damage to us [I]what you've been doing[/I], not the terrorists.[/QUOTE] There's also, you know, all the methods on al-qaeda/taliban surveillance that got leaked and prompted them to switch tactics, so now those terrorists have an easier time avoiding detection.

I can't find anything posting this story other than RT [editline]5th March 2014[/editline] Putin must be having a good time in Crimea

Sorry to break up the slew of "IT'S HAPPENING!" posts, but this is an RT article so take it with a grain of salt, or actually a bucket or three. It's also just a bunch of quotes taken out of context, there's not really much actual information here.

[quote]“My personal opinion: these leaks have caused grave, significant and irreversible damage to our nation and to our allies. It will take us years to recover,” said Alexander.[/quote] He's lying, but in a sneaky weasel way. By 'our nation and to our allies' he's not talking about the people. He's talking about the intelligence services. He's worried about leaks to the media, not about stopping the stuff like spying on our own people. That's the 'damage' he's referring to, having their sordid activities exposed for all to see. Otherwise he might have given examples of what grave damage was done to me, the average citizen. If he's trying to imply that what's bad for the NSA is bad for me the average citizen, I'm not buying it. If they made an exemption to any media leak legislation that exempted whistleblowers from any civil or criminal liability if what they expose is illegal or unauthorized activity, then I'd believe them.

Hopefully one day the American People see through the fear mongering lies, and sees politicians as those who play on your fears, hates, loves, and generally your emotions... Putting the Constitution on the cross when in reality they are the very ones putting it to the chopping block.. "A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.", and "Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." come to mind..