Barry Steinhardt
Barry Steinhardt
black community inside intelligence knows nobody outside
Echelon is a black box, and nobody outside the intelligence community knows what is inside it.
remains step
Is it a step forward? Yes. Is it foolproof? That remains to be proven.
allowed begin guess inviting officers police
When we begin to say to police officers that they're allowed to guess about who's dangerous, we're inviting the possibility of abuse.
except haphazard questions raises safer thousands training varies
You have tens of thousands of screeners, with haphazard training and professionalism that varies widely, ... All of this raises the questions of, are we really safer now? And are we getting anything out of this agency, except hassles?
absolutely bar collecting legal plates
There's absolutely no bar on collecting plates in public. There haven't been any legal challenges, because it's not illegal.
both chemical civil forward identify liberties limited machines metal searches security step technology wonder
If the machines are limited to detecting explosives, then they are a step forward both for security and civil liberties from the pat-down searches and metal detectors. However, the technology can be used to identify anything that has a chemical trace, including, for example, drugs, so we wonder what this will morph into over time.
built intrinsic network
CALEA in a sense is the culmination of where we've been. Now the communications network is built to be wiretap-ready, so you don't need Carnivore anymore. It's just intrinsic to the system.
built intrinsic network
CALEA in a sense is the culmination of where we've been, ... Now the communications network is built to be wiretap-ready, so you don't need Carnivore anymore. It's just intrinsic to the system.
both dangerous eliminate identify items skeptical
skeptical that you can both identify dangerous items and eliminate embarrassing imagery.
fbi history position
The FBI's position is essentially, 'Trust us, we're the government,' ... But we have a long history of the FBI abusing its authority.