Last week, General Keith Alexander, director of the NSA, was trying to convince family members that everything would be okay, while urging them not to believe what they were seeing and hearing in the media.
So today, Alexander saw fit to address the general public, asking them to help the agency defend its oversight powers, which are threatened by the new bills.
"We need your help. Our nation needs to understand why we need these tools," he said during a cybersecurity summit, according to The Hill.
He also warned the public, stating that if Congress limits the NSA's ability to gather information, terrorist attacks could occur in the United States, like the one that happened in Kenya.
Of course, it is not surprising that Alexander used terrorism to terrorize the world. He would have to convince the public that their private lives should be sacrificed for the greater good. Not to mention the fact that the US is practicing terrorism in other countries behind the role of protector of the people.
Of course, the fact that the Director of the NSAgoes public and asks for public support creates impressions. One of them is that the NSA respects public opinion, takes it into account and asks for its support. However, this seems quite ironic, after the publications that present it as having violated every kind of personal freedom.
So it would be good, wherever we hear many statements, to be somewhat skeptical. Since when will the Secret Services stop operating because the public does not agree?
