NSA Chief Defends Wide-Reaching Snooping
That's never going to be an easy sell
Leave the checks and balances to us!
Joined by civil liberties groups
A.J. Ross has a spotty disciplinary history
That's a scary argument,the judge notes
They keep surveillance secret so nobody has a chance to object
Companies fear forced insertion of broad wiretaps
The cops tested nothing and charged him with nothing
Pissing off the press was a mistake
The company insists it had to knuckle under
Enforced secrecy smears the company by implication
So they don't have to rely on companies cooperating
This isn't the first time he's pulled a fake
They sicced the drug-sniffing dogs on him, but had to let him go
Yes, that's incoherent
But she's always been an authoritarian
Required to provide host of information to police about guests whenever asked
Actual drug checkpoints are illegal
The problem is a lot bigger than one agency
Real-time surveillance, despite denials
And we're still fighting over it now