Washington – Lawmaker: Terrorists Change Tactics After Leaks

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    FILE - House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers speaks at the Reuters Cybersecurity Summit in Washington May 15, 2013. REUTERS/Yuri GripasWashington – A top House lawmaker says those who want to harm the U.S. are already changing their behavior after leaks about classified U.S. surveillance programs.

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    The House intelligence chairman, Republican Rep. Mike Rogers, says it’s part of the damage from disclosures by National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden of two NSA programs that collect millions of telephone records and track Internet activity. He gave no details.

    Top committee Democrat, C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger of Maryland says he’s concerned that Snowden fled to Hong Kong, because of China’s spying on the U.S.

    They spoke after meeting NSA director Gen. Keith Alexander, who says he hopes to declassify details of dozens of attacks allegedly disrupted by the programs. Alexander says they don’t want to “cause another terror attack by giving out too much information.”


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    Facts1
    Facts1
    10 years ago

    That’s lawmakers problem not it’s citizen, they never should have been enforcing laws by violating civil liberties and privacy.

    Anyone can make a living stealing, it’s the easy way around.

    10 years ago

    What’s he sayin? That because the terrorists know now that their calls are being tracked they changed their tactics? Come on. Everyone of them always knew they are being tracked. The problem is when you and I are being tracked.

    oberchuchem
    oberchuchem
    10 years ago

    ok then it’s time to close this phone tapping business the terrorists changed tactics already.

    cynic
    cynic
    10 years ago

    Anyone with 1/4 of a brain cell, which apparently excludes most politicians, knew this level of spying has been going on for decades. I guess these DC folk are as shocked, SHOCKED, as Capt. Renauld was in Casablance to find gambling going on in the casino.

    Reb Yid
    Reb Yid
    10 years ago

    Maybe this was all a ruse. Maybe PRISM doesn’t gain us anything, but now the terrorists are tricked into communicating via different means which we are even better to monitor!