Wait, so if this surveillance network had been in place in 2001 the September 11 terrorist attacks could have been stopped?<p>So PRISM was started around 2007/2008, looking at the slides ...<p>So the 2009 Underwear Bomber should have been stopped, right? His dad even TOLD THE CIA about him ...<p>How about the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing? Why wasn't that stopped?<p>Sorry, but if you can't stop some idiot lighting his underwear on fire, or two brothers with pressure cookers with the existing program (PRISM) and data how am I supposed to believe that the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks against the world trade centers would have been stopped with this surveillance network?<p>Why is the FBI saying they are afraid of "going dark" when in reality it has already been shown that when they do have access to systems such as PRISM and wide ranging requests from companies (such as Verizon) to disclose certain records, that they still are unable to stop terrorism.<p><pre><code> "We need all this data to stop terrorism"
"Then why when you have all this data have you NOT stopped terrorism?"
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That's what I want to know... I'd rather live my life with my privacy intact with the small chance that something bad is going to happen because of someone following their religion or being disgruntled or never getting the mental help they needed than living in fear that some algorithm is going to pick me out as an anomaly because I eat my cereal with a fork and do my homework in the dark.