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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 10:18 AM Original message |
Senate Deal on Immunity for Phone Companies = Were ALL Communications Routed Overseas?? |
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rox63 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
1. Is there any form of electronic communication that is private anymore? |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 10:29 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Good question. It should be asked by Congress in considering new laws! |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
3. Campaign 2004: Were Bush / Cheney / NSA illegal wiretaps spying on Dems? |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
4. Lichtblau's getting ahead of the game. No deal, except Rockefeller and Bond agreed to |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 10:59 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. The Press is already spinning this against the Dems. See Will Pitt's post |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
6. The telecoms "acted in good faith"? BULLSHIT!!! This was BEFORE 9/11--do |
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bain_sidhe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 11:52 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. wonder if the bill specifies only activities after 9/11/01 |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 12:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I dont' think it does--I know some people are reading that into the wording |
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morgan2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
7. I don't think I could ever seriously consider |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
8. No, not all communications are routed outside the US. |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 02:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. The method involves a split in the fiber optic transmission, one becomes two. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-19-07 07:48 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. But capturing all communications requires, in effect... |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-19-07 12:36 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. It is so easy to assert a negative based on no information, but is it true? |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-19-07 01:42 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Wrong question, perhaps. |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 02:41 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. NSA Spying on All Internet Traffic = "secret NSA spying rooms" |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 02:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. I wonder if a satellite parked in a geosynchronous orbit over South America is "overseas." |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-19-07 07:44 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I'm sure it is... |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-19-07 12:41 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. The fiber optic network can easily handle the traffic. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-19-07 01:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Fiber offers huge bandwidth... |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
9. Question: if it's being routed overseas specifically to avoid U.S. law,... |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 02:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. What law would that violate? USG circumvents USA law all the time. Old hat CIA trick |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
13. It is the job of COURTS to decide if they should be punished. |
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BelgianMadCow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-19-07 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
23. I have thought as much since the start |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-21-07 10:55 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Important distinction. It is split first, into duplicate optical transmissions. |
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