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In reply to the discussion: If you're OK with revelations of NSA snooping, you're part of the problem [View all]quaker bill
(8,224 posts)The doors swung wide open with the Patriot Act. At some point in time it was going to be time to close them again. They were only ever going to be closed if people got outraged. No where near enough people were ready to be outraged during the yellow ribbon / you're with us or with the terrorists / "24" days.
Now finally they seem to be. This is a good thing.
Look, at the peak, these bozos were sending agents to infiltrate Quaker meetings, as "credible threats". Most Quaker meetings I know have a hard enough time organizing a decent potluck lunch. They are not a "credible threat" to anyone.
Ya think they might have been looking at phone calls and e-mails? I am pretty sure they were and have been for most if not all of a decade now.
Here is the cool thing. Given enough data it becomes a huge task to find the meaningful bits. It is the zebra effect.