[Infowarrior] - Even The AP Is Calling Bull On Government Claims Of PRISM Helping Stop NYC Subway Bomb

[Richard Forno]

Even The AP Is Calling Bull On Government Claims Of PRISM Helping Stop NYC Subway Bomb

from the when-you-can't-even-convince-them... dept

We've already explained how some NSA supporters, including Rep. Mike Rogers and Senator Dianne Feinstein, are trying to defend PRISM and other NSA surveillance efforts by saying that it stopped a NYC subway bombing but their claims don't seem to hold up under scrutiny. Now even the Associated Press is calling out those statements as highly questionable, which is somewhat amazing for the AP, as it normally loves to just present "both sides of the story" and then let you decide what's real. But the article linked above actually digs in and points out where the claims by the NSA's defenders don't seem to add up to anything.

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http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130611/17450923413/even-ap-is-calling-bull-government-claims-prism-helping-stop-nyc-subway-bomb.shtml

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