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34. 100% false, just like a global warming denier claiming Earth is actually cooling, NSA spying

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Tue Apr 22, 2014, 12:07 AM

Apr 2014

is an inconvenient truth isn't it?

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Nothing worse for the Democratic Party or the United States than the spying apologists who [View all] pragmatic_dem Apr 2014 OP

While I agree with you that the NSA and the other progeny of the Patriot Act Swede Atlanta Apr 2014 #1

What a weird thing to say.... clarice Apr 2014 #22

I think you're on the money there. randome Apr 2014 #25

Nah, there is something worse jeff47 Apr 2014 #2

how many attacks have been prevented by monitoring Chancellor Merkel's private phone conversations? frylock Apr 2014 #3

Don't know. But that doesn't make it unconstitutional. jeff47 Apr 2014 #5

i never claimed it to be unconstitutional.. frylock Apr 2014 #8

So the goal was to change the subject. jeff47 Apr 2014 #14

funny, you're the one who brought the chancellor frylock Apr 2014 #15

And you're the one who measured against terrorist attacks. jeff47 Apr 2014 #16

okay, so NSA surveillance ISN'T about preventing terrorist activity.. frylock Apr 2014 #17

No, SOME NSA surveillance is. SOME NSA surveillance is not. jeff47 Apr 2014 #18

so what was to be gained by monitoring Chancellor Merkel's personal phone calls? frylock Apr 2014 #19

We find out what Germany is going to be doing jeff47 Apr 2014 #20

This shows something RobertEarl Apr 2014 #24

Hi Robert! We all dead yet? jeff47 Apr 2014 #26

Whoa, dude RobertEarl Apr 2014 #29

You should back off a little. zappaman Apr 2014 #36

I think they would be foolish if they could, and they didn't. nt. NCTraveler Apr 2014 #33

Who cares? MohRokTah Apr 2014 #6

i care. you don't.. frylock Apr 2014 #9

I'm pretty damned sure the NSA protects the president's communications. MohRokTah Apr 2014 #11

and being that you're pretty damned sure, you'd be pretty damned pissed.. frylock Apr 2014 #12

If another nation were to break that security,... MohRokTah Apr 2014 #13

I'd be amused. joshcryer Apr 2014 #30

There are no laws or treaties against foreign spying. joshcryer Apr 2014 #28

Ever read the privacy agreement you got from your telephone company? sabrina 1 Apr 2014 #27

But..but...they're doing it to protect freedom and democracy....oh, wait. Tierra_y_Libertad Apr 2014 #4

I doubt any have ever participated with Greenpeace, Veterans For Peace, OWS, the Quakers etc. G_j Apr 2014 #7

The defenders of Clapper and the NSA here are nauseating. bvar22 Apr 2014 #10

... SidDithers Apr 2014 #21

There is nothing worse for the Democratic Party than needless hyperbole. randome Apr 2014 #23

100% false, just like a global warming denier claiming Earth is actually cooling, NSA spying pragmatic_dem Apr 2014 #34

Where is your proof? jazzimov Apr 2014 #35

It took .23 seconds for 24,000 results, warrantless spying on Americans, pragmatic_dem Apr 2014 #38

jazzimov asked for 'proof', not number of Google hits. randome Apr 2014 #40

In May of 2002, DU was pretty unified in its opposition to the NSA's revelation that all incoming an LanternWaste Apr 2014 #31

While I do think there are worse things for the party... NCTraveler Apr 2014 #32

Really? Democractic Party leadership endorsement for spending 100s of billions on citizen pragmatic_dem Apr 2014 #37

Please read my post again. Seems you didn't before you replied. NCTraveler Apr 2014 #39