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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWait... the people we have been paying for decades to spy on other countries...
... have actually been spying on other countries?
This is unthinkable! I mean, it's not like we've caught spies from other countries in the US. Except for the Russian, Libyan, Cuban, and Chinese ones. But not from allied countries! Except for the Australian, Israeli, Philippine, and Taiwanese ones.
And that's just off the top of my head, public information, since the end of the Cold War...
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Wait... the people we have been paying for decades to spy on other countries... (Original Post)
Recursion
Jun 2013
OP
It's not surprising. It's also not ok with our allies. Check with Jonathan Pollard for more info.
DisgustipatedinCA
Jun 2013
#1
Yes, and you should know better than most that it's considered a big deal when exposed
DisgustipatedinCA
Jun 2013
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DisgustipatedinCA
(12,530 posts)1. It's not surprising. It's also not ok with our allies. Check with Jonathan Pollard for more info.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)4. And we were pissed with the Aussies after we caught their guy
These things happen.
DisgustipatedinCA
(12,530 posts)7. Yes, and you should know better than most that it's considered a big deal when exposed
No one is surprised this is happening. There will, however, still be consequences, your protestations to the contrary notwithstanding.
graham4anything
(11,464 posts)2. OMG!!!
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Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)3. There's a man who leads a life of danger
wandy
(3,539 posts)5. Oh my gosh no! This is such a new revelation. Spys????????
I'm not even gonna bother with the sarcasm tag.
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)6. That's why I think the Snowden crap is crap...nothing new