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by schnable 3890 days ago
or maybe some of the effort we put into fighting terrorism is effective.
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It's hard to say, generally it doesn't appear to be the case but there's a possibility this information is secret to the public. But take the NSA for example, it has been looked into a lot by government (e.g. congress) itself behind closed doors and it seems to be pretty useless so far.

> The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) also issued a report in which it stated, “we have not identified a single instance involving a threat to the United States in which [bulk collection under Section 215 of the Patriot Act] made a concrete difference in the outcome of a counterterrorism investigation.”

from: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/06/top-5-claims-defenders...

The NSA is a whole lot more than just the bulk collection program.