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In reply to the discussion: Edward Snowden is a self-regarding idealist whose warnings of tyranny ring hollow [View all]rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)himself said that there is a library of collected data. And now the NSA has revised their lie about the number of hops of data they collected. Clapper and the NSA have admitted that they havent been truthful with us. But you wont discuss that. You are obsessed with ad hominem attacks on Snowden, Greenwald, The Guardian, Rep Grayson, Sen Wyden, and anyone that wont join your "Let's just lynch Snowden and forget the whole thing, posse."
I am not embarrassed about Snowden because I dont give a crap about what he said. I care about the following
Who is collecting personal data on Americans?
How much data is being collected?
What are the sources of the data?
Is all of the data being compiled and analyzed?
Who has access to the data?
Is the FISA court providing honest oversight?
Is Congress providing meaningful oversight?
These are a few of the questions we should be discussing, not what kind of a person Snowden is.