THE ARMY GENERAL nominated to lead the National Security Agency was asked repeatedly this month about how he would use the agency’s vast spying powers.

Lt. Gen. Joshua Rudd kept his answers vague.

He claimed to know little about a two-decade debate over “backdoor” searches on Americans. He dodged a question about whether the NSA should participate in President Donald Trump’s crackdown on antifa. And when asked about whether he would illegally target Americans, he responded curtly that he would follow the law.

The backdoor searches are among of the most controversial issues about NSA spying. Under current law, the federal government is allowed to search for information on U.S. citizens and residents in the vast troves of communications the NSA has collected while searching for foreign threats.

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    11 days ago

    If he’s that uninformed about the national security apparatus, then I guess he must be unqualified for the job. Reject him.

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      Just like how the administration has made all of their decisions, with lots of information and ensuring their nominees will perform to what is expected of a top…2nd…well a lightly associated as a western country in freefall…oh nevermind the US isn’t even considered freefall, it it’s going lower than two bit whore.

      I apologize to all the two bit whores, you most likely are more trustworthy than the current US administration. Seriously I’d give a random person my debit card over Trump. Like ot any president who would you not leave your kid with? I thought GWB was awful but I think he’d take care of a toddler/baby. At the worst even most of the worst ones would hire someone. I don’t want to get into the ideas of what someone like Trump would come up with.

      I wasn’t intending to bring it up, but after the last paragraph I sort of thought well it’s probably in the Epstein files…yeah realease that shit. 1% worth of files my ass.

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    I’m quite certain the regime would prefer it that way, if he wasn’t specifically hired for his ignorance.