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In reply to the discussion: The Latest Snowden Leak Is Devastating to NSA Defenders [View all]randome
(34,845 posts)136. Thousands of minimized communications out of several billion that circle the globe DAILY.
If you look at the numbers, this hardly sounds like some out-of-control spy agency.
And if you deliberately send an email to someone who is a target, then that email is likely to be scooped up as part of the target's communications, too. Which makes no sense for someone to do that. Not to mention the fact that you would likely be breaking several laws and regulations.
They do have levels of authorization, you know.
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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