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DEFCON 20: Bigger Monster, Weaker Chains: The National Security Agency and the Constitution

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What it is

A DEFCON 20 panel with NSA whistleblower William Binney, journalist James Bamford and ACLU lawyers on the NSA's mass collection of communications and its conflict with the Constitution.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN points to it as a prescient talk that discussed, in 2012, much of what Snowden's leaks later confirmed.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2012, last 2019

What HN commenters said

  1. “lot of the stuff which was later leaked by Snowden is discussed here”

    Binney panel anticipated later Snowden leaks

    jmkni, 2015-06 · Recommendation · in “NSA whistleblower warns of surveillance state”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: nsa, mass surveillance, william binney, aclu, defcon

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