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Full statement from senior administration official on PRISM revelations: (Original Post)
JaneyVee
Jun 2013
OP
ProSense
(116,464 posts)1. More information is coming out.
Internet Companies Deny Offering Government Access to Customer Data
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022961600
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022961600
Vinnie From Indy
(10,820 posts)2. That is a load of shit!
I guess they think throwing out that tired, old justification will work in 2013 like it did in 2006 and 2007. It seems quite obvious that Americans phone and internet activities are bing captured and stored wholesale by the government. I am not buying it for a second!
DirkGently
(12,151 posts)3. I feel safer already (nt)
woo me with science
(32,139 posts)4. Bullshit.
cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)5. Well if the GOVERNMENT says so, I guess it must be true.
there'snoplacelikehomethere'snoplacelikehomethere'snoplacelikehomethere'snoplacelikehome...
Comrade Funk
(6 posts)6. The Terrorists have won
Over 6,000 American soldiers dead, many civilians dead, over $2,000,000,000,000 spent on two wars/a bloated military, a stagnant economy, and our civil liberties eroded from both parties.
When will it end?
marions ghost
(19,841 posts)7. Yep--the terrorists have won
America implodes from within.
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