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In reply to the discussion: Report Indicates Snowden/Greenwald Lied About Key Claims [View all]blackspade
(10,056 posts)The Kos headline is misleading in that there is no 'report.'
It uses as it's basis a Dana Priest story that is based on no verifiable facts except for one; the NSA collects all us citizens' metadata.
Dana Priest's 'report' quotes no sources and presents data that this totally unverified.
The 215 order that she relies on so heavily doesn't say what her 'sources' or she thinks it does according to the Patriot act's author.
Furthermore, the story should constitute a 'leak' because it reveals data sources and methodologies.
So where is the dragnet for the leaker? chirp, chirp.....
The only kernel that seems to hold up is the fact that the NSA is sweeping up all metadata of US citizens, a gross violation of the Constitution's 4th Amendment.
As for the rest of the Kos story, it consists of hyperbole and strawmen and should be an embarrassment to its author.
Bullshit indeed, just like this analysis, since Reggid presents no verifiable facts to back up his/her claims that Greenwald is lying.
It's pretty fucking sad.