TIL That the government's mass surveillance programs operating under Section 215 of the Patriot Act, have never stopped an act of terrorism.

Anonymous_Leaker@lemmy.world · edit-2 3 days ago

TIL That the government's mass surveillance programs operating under Section 215 of the Patriot Act, have never stopped an act of terrorism.

Sludge@sh.itjust.works · 2 days ago

That and the fact that the movie seems to be more of a forecast as opposed to just comedy at this point…

The movie is also pretty stupid (this is the point, I know), but when you see it rhyming so heavily with the current state of things - it’s only a little painful.

Nonconfrontational@lemmy.ml · 2 days ago

I guess it’s kind of surprising if you’re living through it in America. Very predictable from the outside.

TIL That the government's mass surveillance programs operating under Section 215 of the Patriot Act, have never stopped an act of terrorism.

TIL That the government's mass surveillance programs operating under Section 215 of the Patriot Act, have never stopped an act of terrorism.

Ignore the Drumbeat of Doom, the NSA’s Call Records Program Didn’t Stop a Single Terrorist Attack | ACLU