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In reply to the discussion: Sen. Al Franken: “I Assure You This Isn’t About Spying on the American People” [View all]wtmusic
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Sen. Al Franken: “I Assure You This Isn’t About Spying on the American People” [View all]
Playinghardball
Aug 2013
OP
You COULD decide to hurt someone too. Aside from your good graces, what stops you? nt
stevenleser
Aug 2013
#15
there are plenty of amoral people who would abuse the power given to them... so i think it's laws
tk2kewl
Aug 2013
#33
I really hope it's not just a law that is holding you back from hurting someone...
Drunken Irishman
Aug 2013
#32
If I go to your mailbox while you are at work each Month and take out your phone bill, open it
JDPriestly
Aug 2013
#81
And what stops you from doing that? This is the key to this whole kerfuffle
stevenleser
Aug 2013
#114
Actually, in Los Angeles, people buy mailboxes with locks. That doesn't make it impossible,
JDPriestly
Aug 2013
#121
That article was written about Franken back in June 2013 before some of the recent sessions.
JDPriestly
Aug 2013
#86
Let's just get rid of the cops, the army, social security, medicare, the IRS, etc.
Progressive dog
Aug 2013
#11
A hacker COULD do almost everything alleged too. How do you propose we stop that? The point of that
stevenleser
Aug 2013
#12
Indeed, That's My Point, So Is Listening To Peoples Phone Calls and Reading Their Emails
Skraxx
Aug 2013
#51
So Listening To Phone Calls Without A Warrant Is Not A Crime? LOL! Umm, Your "Belief" Is Irrelevant
Skraxx
Aug 2013
#53
No There Wasn't; Listening to Phonecalls and Reading Emails w/out Warrants Is A Crime, Period.
Skraxx
Aug 2013
#96
And its a crime for NSA personel to look at stuff that isn't cleared and a national security concern
phleshdef
Aug 2013
#58
Reason, but hey ... who needs that shit now. Limbaugh and Greenwald said Government = bad
uponit7771
Aug 2013
#3
...yeah, an idiot and a basher...throw them to the dogs and I understand clappers story
uponit7771
Aug 2013
#72
And we should believe the NSA has been 100% forthcoming with any Senator because...? n/t
winter is coming
Aug 2013
#4
When he was running for office, and stated that we needed to keep the Big Insurers in the loop,
truedelphi
Aug 2013
#16
It's the Qaeda. They're out there... chattering... increasingly... sometimes not so much,
Ed Suspicious
Aug 2013
#71
If it comes down to siding with Ron Paul on one side, and Sen Frankin & Pres Obama on the other
baldguy
Aug 2013
#109
This article is 2 months old. Franken has very different comments now...
riderinthestorm
Aug 2013
#44
Wow, putting a comment that's no longer relevant, nice try at propaganda
AZ Progressive
Aug 2013
#59
Imagine if terror tactics were used against US in the age before electronic communication . . .
SleeplessinSoCal
Aug 2013
#64
I can see that our good friend the Senator has already been thrown under the purity bus...
Hekate
Aug 2013
#105
are you another willing to toss his freedom under the bus to spout the party line?
bowens43
Aug 2013
#139
Absolutely. No question about it. Franken is my kind of authoritarian. You can make book on that. nt
Hekate
Aug 2013
#154
and yet it is spying on the American people..... collecting the data is spying. Period.
bowens43
Aug 2013
#138