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NSA Claims It Can’t Watch a Tape It Recorded in the 1980s (gizmodo.com)

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[-] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 252 points 5 months ago

they are on a format that NSA no longer has the ability to view or digitize,” the NSA FOIA office said in a follow-up. “Without being able to view the tapes, NSA has no way to verify their responsiveness. NSA is not required to find or obtain new technology (outdated or current) in order to process a request.”

In short, "we don't want to".

[-] umami_wasbi@lemmy.ml 63 points 5 months ago

Which also gives them another idea on how to deny FOIA request?

[-] Tja@programming.dev 50 points 5 months ago

The hard drive with the information is on a very high shelf and you cannot force us to buy a ladder.

[-] umami_wasbi@lemmy.ml 13 points 5 months ago

Also, it is a proprietary ladder that match our shelving system, and they don't make it anymore.

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