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In reply to the discussion: Greenwald’s Outrage Sandwich: NSA Analysts Can Analyze NSA Intelligence [View all]intaglio
(8,170 posts)BTW I have been posting here since prior to the 2008 election, originally to cheer for Dennis Kucinich and his proposal for a true US national health service. I have had US correspondents and friends who have suffered because of the Ayn Rand nature of US "healthcare".
My views:
1) Manning is a hero;
2) Snowden (and Greenwald) are self publicists;
3) the information about Echelon and Prism was never a revelation because all the information has been out there for years;
4) Snowden did steal, and provide to antagonistic countries, US surveillance details;
5) metadata has to be open to allow modern phone systems (and e-mails and the internet) to work;
6) open data can be used as evidence for further searches of private data;
7) if you are so dumb as to think anything you put out on the internet is private then there is a bridge in London you might want to buy.
8) The same goes for mobile phone calls, faxes and a host of other modern communications
Additionally:
A) neither Greenwald nor Snowden are in any danger of assassination;
B) the Bolivian aircraft was not refused access to airspace until after a technical issue caused it to ask for permission to vary its flight plan, whilst it was airborne;
C) scary drones are not all Predators, most are remote sensing devices doing nothing that is unconstitutional nor should it be illegal
D) the media frenzy is primarily designed to damage the President and the Democratic Party;
If you want e-mail privacy invest in a good 256 bit encryption program.
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