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tawaynow on June 29, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: New WikiLeaks Documents Reveal NSA Spied on French...

>I think a reasonable mission statement would be "To exploit foreign signals intelligence for the benefit of the USA".

So we can all stop whining about Russia asserting influence over Ukraine and China hacking US government right?

tptacek on June 29, 2015 [–]

I don't follow, but I can tell you've mistaken what I just said.

The commenter upthread asked what NSA's goals were. When I offered up a mission statement for them, it wasn't what I want their mission to be. It's what I think it actually is.

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