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struggle4progress

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12. So let's see if we can get the chronology right:

Reply to Hissyspit (Original post)

Fri Jun 28, 2013, 05:20 AM

Jun 2013

2011: NSA ends this particular program
2012: Snowden gives money to Ron Paul and does not vote for Obama
2013: Snowden becomes bitterly disappointed in Obama, who has dashed his hopes, begins to contact journalists
2013: Snowden seeks job at BAH in order to collect documents
2013: Snowden gets job, collects documents, leaves country
2013: Snowden exposes spy program that ended in 2011

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Spy Program Gathered Americans' Internet Records (Until 2011) [View all] Hissyspit Jun 2013 OP

NSA Voluntarily Stopped Internet Data Collection Program. aquart Jun 2013 #1

"How the NSA is still harvesting your online data" Hissyspit Jun 2013 #5

Read the article. Actually, they are still collecting a lot of data based JDPriestly Jun 2013 #6

The NSA doesn't HAVE to collect it anymore. The British are collecting it FOR them. Th1onein Jun 2013 #9

Hard to drag someone into court based on evidence obtained illegally.... Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2013 #2

It's not about taking you to Court formercia Jun 2013 #7

I was hoping someone would have claimed it was UFOs. Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2013 #8

Oh, good. I didn't discover RedTube until 2012. n/t Ian David Jun 2013 #3

Oh good. All data was purged. wtmusic Jun 2013 #4

And not one terror attack stopped with this data. /nt Ash_F Jun 2013 #10

Change you CAN'T believe in. blkmusclmachine Jun 2013 #11

So let's see if we can get the chronology right: struggle4progress Jun 2013 #12

That's the only thing he exposed? Hissyspit Jun 2013 #13