PRISM

[piercehawkeye45]

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

The hypothetical example in PH45's link is far too tenuous to carry much weight at all.

Regarding PRISM's legality, there are many other sources that suggest the same thing. Whether someone agrees or disagrees with it, it does seem to be legal.

Regarding the argument, it hold just as much weight as your argument as well.

Originally Posted by LampLighter

The Boston Marathon bombing shows that a program that has been in operation for at least 7 years failed to do what it is supposed to do.

This has no perspective because it doesn't state how many attacks have been prevented because of PRISM. If PRISM has only stopped a single, small attack while not preventing the Boston Marathon bombing then I would agree with you. IF PRISM has stopped 1,000 attacks and the Boston Marathon bombing was someone who slipped through the cracks (this will always occur), then I would disagree with you. Reality is likely going to be somewhere in-between.