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In reply to the discussion: You know what cracks me up...and I mean all the way the fuck up? [View all]Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)For instance I posted what I thought was an interesting story about the challenges of the next NSA nominee: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024645205 but there's no "Snowden" or "Greenwald" in it so the post fell like a marble off the table...For whatever reason, all the threads I start on the topic don't get a lot of action...
I also want a place to discuss with other posters why Snowden says 'A' in an interview only to change or amend his story to 'B' a month or two later (and there is a growing list of these occurrences); and I want to freely explore Greenwald's rather curious handling of the story and his WTF? Twitter feed *without* being called a paid troll or Obamabot or slave to the surveillance state...
I want the discussion to widen in scope -- I want to start piecing together a trail of all the major players (especially the corporate ones who have mostly gotten a pass) who profit or benefit from such a system being in place...Here a blast from the past for the OP: Remember Autorank and the rest of the all-stars connecting the links to the BFEE? Do we still have researchers and net sleuths on DU, or did we run them all off?
I also want the reveals to widen in scope...Sunlight is good; but I want sunlight in multiple places outside of Fort Meade as well...If foreign intelligence services are conducting data sweeps in the U.S., I want to know that, too...
There's more, but you get the picture...