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In reply to the discussion: Secret US flight flew over Scottish airspace to capture Snowden [View all]randome
(34,845 posts)45. Who said the government cares? Snowden has been a nuisance, nothing more.
A major nuisance at times, sure, but I don't agree with those who say he's a traitor. He's just a mixed-up loner who took coworker's passwords and stole as much as he could get away with.
The idea that PRISM is anything more than what the NSA says is supported -not proven, of course- by the idea that Google, Microsoft, Apple and every Internet provider in the country would all need to be cooperating with this fantasy of downloading the Internet and not a single employee would raise a concern.
If Greenwald & Snowden wanted to prove that PRISM was something else, they might have stolen evidence for their outlandish claims.
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I wish we could suspend DOD spending and 'homeland security' spending , a couple years.
Sunlei
Feb 2016
#1
I think the "shock" is that our government give FAR LESS respect to whistleblowers...
cascadiance
Feb 2016
#4
PRISM had nothing to do with personal privacy or civil liberties? Are you serious? nt
retrowire
Feb 2016
#19
The jury was never convened because the gov't didn't indict itself. Big surprise.
leveymg
Feb 2016
#77
Proof that our government is illegally spying on us has nothing to do with personal privacy or civil
trillion
Feb 2016
#95
If Snowden had stayed in any US-friendly state, i.e. followers of the hegemonic leader,
OnyxCollie
Feb 2016
#30
The NSA docs leaked showed that NSA was not following the "strict rules" then in place regarding
leveymg
Feb 2016
#81
Is anyone harmed when the gov't universally spies on its citizens, profiles them, and retains their
leveymg
Feb 2016
#83
It is what is always has been which is not consistent with what you would like to advertise it as.
xocet
Feb 2016
#69
It should be noted that you cannot respond to OnyxCollie's comment; your shifting misinformation...
xocet
Feb 2016
#75