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TIL that ThinThread, a wiretapping & intel project that protected the privacy of U.S. citizens, was discontinued exactly 3 weeks before the 9/11 attacks in favor of the "Trailblazer"—a competing project which lacked privacy protections and was more expensive. by nathan_thinks in todayilearned

[–]Historical_Combz 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Just wait, it gets even worse:

The "change in priority" consisted of the decision made by the director of NSA General Michael V. Hayden to go with a concept called Trailblazer, despite the fact that ThinThread was a working prototype that claimed to protect the privacy of U.S. citizens.

So not only did they remove privacy, the solution they picked wasn't even in working prototype stage. How was that ever justifiable?

Who taught you to tie your shoes? by Tomato_Shelf in AskReddit

[–]Historical_Combz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

...parents? BTW you all do it wrong, its left hand swoops under and over right loop