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Argument: Argument thesis  NSA warrantless wiretapping can be rationalized
Node type: Node refutes parent assertion  This node refutes its parent
Parent Node: Node supports parent assertion  Has prevented new attacks
Node Text: It actually distracted law enforcement

“In the anxious months after the Sept. 11 attacks, the National Security Agency began sending a steady stream of telephone numbers, e-mail addresses and names to the F.B.I. in search of terrorists. The stream soon became a flood, requiring hundreds of agents to check out thousands of tips a month. […] ‘We’d chase a number, find it’s a schoolteacher with no indication they’ve ever been involved in international terrorism - case closed,’ said one former F.B.I. official, who was aware of the program and the data it generated for the bureau. ‘After you get a thousand numbers and not one is turning up anything, you get some frustration.’”

http://www.nytimes.com/...
Node Created: Ulysses Berman — 2006-10-16 19:52:00

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