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Showing Original Post only (View all)Can someone ring up the Germans, and [View all]
tell 'em that Snowden is lying and/or not telling us anything we didn't know already?
They seriously need to chill already, they look silly falling for this Merkel's-phone-was-tapped nonsense.
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Well... It Appears That Spain Is In The On-Deck Circle For Tomorrow... Check It Out !!!
WillyT
Oct 2013
#1
I wonder how many people realize "data" about calls is not the content of the calls themselves. I
okaawhatever
Oct 2013
#94
I would like to know which American official forked over scores of phone numbers,
R. Daneel Olivaw
Oct 2013
#17
Every country builds acre sized data centers to store every phone calll made by us just like the NSA
Dragonfli
Oct 2013
#38
So it was her fault we spied on her? Is there a law that says we MUST spy on an ally
Dragonfli
Oct 2013
#69
No, I understand perfectly, you just think a certain way which I find deplorable
Dragonfli
Oct 2013
#74
Your justification and lack of moral clarity that drives you to blame the victim
Dragonfli
Oct 2013
#80
There's a ton of sites demonstrating the NSA can break encrypted phones
riderinthestorm
Oct 2013
#114
and if you're naive enough to believe the germans, our allies, aren't spying on us,as well as mossad
dionysus
Oct 2013
#82
I didn't call you a rapist, but victim blaming, in a context you might understand
Dragonfli
Oct 2013
#90
I take it you have proof the Germans tapped Obama's phone as well? Assumptions appear
Dragonfli
Oct 2013
#93
So her cell is encrypted and the NSA goes to the effort to decrypt it?!
riderinthestorm
Oct 2013
#81
For as long as Obama has been President, Merkel's phone has been encrypted
riderinthestorm
Oct 2013
#91
Whether successful or not, they tried nonetheless, now why would they try to tap
Uncle Joe
Oct 2013
#106
Then you agree the NSA has overstepped its' bounds and needs to be reigned in or curtailed? n/t
Uncle Joe
Oct 2013
#111
Does the NSA have a legitimate reason for being or should we scrap it all together? n/t
Uncle Joe
Oct 2013
#113
How would you handle the issue of U.S. enemies overseas, are the terrorists for real? n/t
Uncle Joe
Oct 2013
#116
So you're saying Obama knows all about everything that's being done by the NSA? n/t
Fumesucker
Oct 2013
#68
Forget about the Germans bombing Pearl Harbor Fume, he's "on a roll" and doesn't need to make sense
Dragonfli
Oct 2013
#78
stupid comparison, rape is wrong in every case, but spying is not , is it wrong to spy on China ?
JI7
Oct 2013
#98
Sorry Merkel that's the price u pay for 9/11 Hijackers mtg & lvg Germany undetected
SoCalCisco
Oct 2013
#30
Do we as American citizens get the same award, and for what perceived wrongs do we
R. Daneel Olivaw
Oct 2013
#32
Americans lost their Constitutuonal Rights long before Snowden told us we had with
SoCalCisco
Oct 2013
#37
Thank Gawd we finally voted for an administration that would damn well keep it that way!
Dragonfli
Oct 2013
#40
With all due respect, spying on all Americans does not make us safe, the one chance to prove they
Dragonfli
Oct 2013
#61
Can someone ring up George Bush and ask him why Merkel was under surveillance?
Bolo Boffin
Oct 2013
#52
Can someone ring up Barack Obama and let him know he's been POTUS for five years?
Fumesucker
Oct 2013
#96