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In reply to the discussion: NYTimes Op-Ed: "The Criminal N.S.A." [View all]woo me with science
(32,139 posts)30. K&R
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The nice thing about Op-Ed pieces is that the newspaper can't fire the writer(s)
99th_Monkey
Jun 2013
#2
THIS 'data collection' consists of monitoring who, when and how often I phone or email
99th_Monkey
Jun 2013
#5
Of course the "law is legal". The interpretation by the government may not be.
rhett o rick
Jun 2013
#21
Justice Department Fights Release of Secret Court Opinion Finding Unconstitutional Surveillance
PoliticAverse
Jun 2013
#26
The courts have not ruled on this brand new handy, dandy INTERPRETATION of the law.
Th1onein
Jun 2013
#53
"Refusing or neglecting to answer the census is punishable by fines of $100,
OilemFirchen
Jun 2013
#55
They also printed the leaks of another whistle blower. One Daniel Ellsberg.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jun 2013
#6
I seem to recall someone once saying that those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat
Th1onein
Jun 2013
#13
"It’s time to call the N.S.A.’s mass surveillance programs what they are: criminal."
DesMoinesDem
Jun 2013
#20
"Congressional watchdogs — with a few exceptions, like Senator Rand Paul . . . "
ucrdem
Jun 2013
#22
This is no more sophisticated than right wingers declaring the EPA or OSHA or IRS to be "criminal."
treestar
Jun 2013
#39
Uh oh. Guess the Army Times won't be carrying the story. Guess the Pentagon will cut NYT from
silvershadow
Jun 2013
#51