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		cowardlydragon on March 31, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: After Snowden, the NSA Faces Recruitment Challenge I wish them mediocrity. Hm, but maybe mediocrity led them to where they are now.

tribaal on March 31, 2015 [–]

While I agree with the first half of that (I wish them mediocrity as well), Snowden's revelations make it pretty clear that they are not mediocre at what they do.

It takes some skill to deploy and run such a large-scale and pervasive operation.

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