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In reply to the discussion: The Latest Snowden Leak Is Devastating to NSA Defenders [View all]Marr
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They're protecting us from toddler and mothers and "traditional famly values".
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jul 2014
#1
This is sounding more and more like the totalitarian countries during the WWII era, something
RKP5637
Jul 2014
#2
"Nothing is beyond our reach." (http://www.mediashower.com/img//Video_Camera_Stop_Light.jpg)
blkmusclmachine
Jul 2014
#4
Exactly! The tools are there and future administrations good, bad, or super evil will
RKP5637
Jul 2014
#6
Its so imperative we talk about this stuff and not get derailed with "Snowden traitor!"
riderinthestorm
Jul 2014
#11
Yes, we only complain about being spied on because we're in love with Snowden
whatchamacallit
Jul 2014
#65
I encourage everyone to start posting random nonsense to attract NSA attention.
Moostache
Jul 2014
#13
Maybe we might want to think about being a little more easy on some of these folks (maybe)
nolabels
Jul 2014
#71
They're collecting everyone's pictures for ID ...oh wait ...that's FB ...or is it Google?
L0oniX
Jul 2014
#20
EVERY revelation so far has methodically and shatteringly destroyed the defenders' talking points
MisterP
Jul 2014
#22
Wikileaks has nothing. If they did, they would publish. And yes, they do redact.
Luminous Animal
Jul 2014
#28
He has always maintained that he and Poitras are the only 2 who have access to all the docs.
Luminous Animal
Jul 2014
#48
you persist in trying to deflect responsibility to Snowden, and away from the NSA....
mike_c
Jul 2014
#78
So Snowdens doing wrong by people is OK because the NSA is doing it too? REALLY?!
uponit7771
Jul 2014
#112
One small sentence objecting to the NSA collection. The rest is slamming Snowden
riderinthestorm
Jul 2014
#40
Seriously, just give it up. Trying to continue this smear job looks way too pathetic now. /nt
Marr
Jul 2014
#115
Well there you go. I knew somebody would come up with the spin that makes this about snowden.
Warren Stupidity
Jul 2014
#124
I would like to personally thank each and every one of you that recommended this OP.
Enthusiast
Jul 2014
#37
Its illegal to do this to one American let alone however many more they have
riderinthestorm
Jul 2014
#63
Ah, the old "pointing out facts you don't like" is "misrepresenting" them
ConservativeDemocrat
Jul 2014
#171
Thousands of minimized communications out of several billion that circle the globe DAILY.
randome
Jul 2014
#136
Okay. I'm sure you're right. Any law enforcement officer on the planet can try to spy on someone.
randome
Jul 2014
#140
Not any law enforcement officer, but those at the NSA have an easy formula to
hughee99
Jul 2014
#142
They are a spy agency. Of course their inner workings are kept secret from the public.
randome
Jul 2014
#143
As I said, if a story comes out about people in the NSA going into the "for profit"
hughee99
Jul 2014
#154
They're keeping a lot of shit they no they don't need, and depending on who the target is
hughee99
Jul 2014
#159
What I find most funny is the sheer ignorance of how actual law enforcement works. nt
msanthrope
Jul 2014
#100
I wonder how many police case files have the same type of annotations in them.
randome
Jul 2014
#101
Actually, David Simon is taught in better law schools around the country in Evidence and Crim Pro.
msanthrope
Jul 2014
#164
Few and far between, at one time it was a rather large group that high fived each other
Rex
Jul 2014
#121