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In reply to the discussion: NSA: Shut it down? [View all]JackRiddler
(24,979 posts)14. Interesting view of it.
So, to take your metaphor for a moment, are you saying it's better when the roaches build a big roach nest from which they can organize a decades-long roach crime spree? I think defunding the roach motel might be one of the better ideas for dealing with it.
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Maybe not. If the info they collect were actually helping thwart enemies of the people,
Dark n Stormy Knight
Sep 2013
#1
Yup, I trust no "reforms" or promises, blow it away and make every cent of budget allocation public
TheKentuckian
Sep 2013
#12
What if that room of roaches is filled to capacity and it overflows to the rest of the house?
Blue_Tires
Sep 2013
#35
in my heart I would like to shut it down the same way I would like to shut the Pentagon down and
Douglas Carpenter
Sep 2013
#13
The idea that "gentlemen don't read each other's mail" led to WWI & allowed Pearl Harbor to happen.
baldguy
Sep 2013
#17
Please clarify: I seems like you are saying the US could have prevented WWI & WWII by reading mail
Taitertots
Sep 2013
#22
I can't answer cuz I don't know it the NSA actually does anything beneficial for the people
Zorra
Sep 2013
#26