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In reply to the discussion: The Latest Snowden Leak Is Devastating to NSA Defenders [View all]randome
(34,845 posts)'Routine basis' is like art or porn. I know it when I see it. Of course everyone else says the same which means no one agrees.
The only illegality we know about was the Love-Int scandal and that was self-reported by the NSA. All I know is that they have multiple levels of approval to prevent abuse. The entire FISA court review was put into place to prevent the abuses that Lil' Bush was doing. Congress is supposed to be reviewing them, as well. (Which we know they don't do a good job at.)
Absent evidence that they are breaking the trust we place in them, I'm not all that worried. The key to me is a few thousand communications versus hundreds of billions during the course of a year. That does not at all sound to me like they are wantonly disregarding the law.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]The truth doesnt always set you free.
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