[Cryptography] "Most Americans Don't Mind Being on Candid Camera"

[ianG]

On 24/03/2015 04:35 am, Barney Wolff wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 07:34:08PM +0000, ianG wrote:
>>
>> Spying on everyone is fine - for national security.  But there is a
>> long-standing taboo between mixing national / military affairs with
>> domestic / criminal affairs.
>
> The problem arises when money paid for drugs, for example, or kiddie porn,
> finds its way to finance terrorists.  Or when we are told that it does,
> whether or not that is so.  And a sufficiently successful criminal
> enterprise is indeed a national security threat.


It's easy to construct a story.  It's also easy to lie.  And it;s 
inevitable that they go off the rails if there is no control.

So where to draw the line?  Where is the place they must not go?

If that isn't clear then it's all over.  The line must be observable, 
measurable and hard.

Ideas?

iang