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sabrina 1

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10. He's assuming it's for terrorism purposes. All we have to know is that they were unable to

Reply to MichaelMcGuire (Original post)

Sat Jul 6, 2013, 10:08 AM

Jul 2013

stop the Boston Bombers to know the story that this is to prevent terror is pure BS. It's far more likely that it's for Big Business purposes but the scandal is the billions of dollars they are handing over to multi Billion Dollar Security Corporations on the pretext that they are 'fighting terror'.

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The presumption that blanket data mining is effective against terrorism. [View all] MichaelMcGuire Jul 2013 OP

Data mining is effective against average people doing average things Fumesucker Jul 2013 #1

Must be. MichaelMcGuire Jul 2013 #3

+1 -- it's a mechanism to deter democratic participation. nashville_brook Jul 2013 #12

What is it for? Easy. Jackpine Radical Jul 2013 #2

You get it, but how many times have you heard claims otherwise? MichaelMcGuire Jul 2013 #4

Did it help them stop Boston Bombers? Nope. They were tipped off, interviewed Bluenorthwest Jul 2013 #5

It probably serves little purpose... kentuck Jul 2013 #6

The presumption that the 4th amendemnt can be fixed without the 15th fixed first is illogical uponit7771 Jul 2013 #7

It would never be 100% effective at prevention. moondust Jul 2013 #8

Laws are seldom 100% effective. kentuck Jul 2013 #9

If you had read what I posted moondust Jul 2013 #11

He's assuming it's for terrorism purposes. All we have to know is that they were unable to sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #10

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