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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 09:38 PM Original message |
N.S.A.’s Intercepts Exceed Limits Set by Congress (N.S.A. tried to wiretap a member of Congress) |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. technical difficulties.. yuh huh... nt |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
2. Given that the NSA was appointed by *ss & co. this should not surprise |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. Only ONE Congressman? |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
4. The secrets they know are ONE HUGE reason our |
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Downwinder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 11:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. If they were as good as they claim |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 12:42 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Well.... |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 03:03 AM Response to Reply #11 |
20. "Can't" and "Won't" are two different things. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. There Are No Consequences For Warrentless Wiretapping And Torture |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 03:22 AM Response to Reply #5 |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 03:22 AM Response to Reply #5 |
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wuvuj (874 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 05:55 AM Response to Reply #5 |
28. Stealing a 6 pack of beer.... |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 05:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
68. Sick goddamn world we live in, isn't it? |
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many a good man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
6. This is an OUTRAGE! |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 01:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
62. Your outrage is so noted. Now sit down. |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
7. Let me guess. Opps! Sorry....... |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
8. Makes the recent injection of the "sovereign immunity" claim by Holder DOJ rather interesting |
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disndat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 07:12 AM Response to Reply #8 |
34. Holder/Obama |
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PSPS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
9. Only if a congressman gets wiretapped do they care. The rest of us? Not so much. |
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groovedaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 06:08 AM Response to Reply #9 |
29. Er, try not at all. They didn't care about the Dem Texas Legislators who were |
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Downwinder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
10. If the Gov. can access all of our communication |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 06:41 AM Response to Reply #10 |
31. Hah. I would love to see that. If there is no privacy for citizens, |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #10 |
50. Yeah, I'd like to tap the phones of the Bush Family |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
12. Obama and Holder must, at times, feel like they inherited a criminal enterprise |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 12:44 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. No kidding. It's like you're Michael and you still think you can get out. |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 08:02 AM Response to Reply #15 |
38. Thats not a bad analogy. |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 12:51 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. And of course they are helpless |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 10:51 AM Response to Reply #16 |
42. No. USG is immense, multitudes of people functioning in numerous roles |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:30 AM Response to Reply #42 |
51. Many of these issues |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:57 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Actually, laws provide parameters for decisions. Obama is not a dictator, and everyone from |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 12:20 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. The laws already exist. They don't need to be changed. |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 12:54 PM Response to Reply #55 |
60. I have a tree full of maybes. Presidents don't issu orders like don't violate the law! |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 01:00 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. fair response. |
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gulfcoastliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 04:34 PM Response to Reply #60 |
66. Do you consider executive orders illegal? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 12:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
54. Only by prosecuting past transgressions, but Obama wants to look only forward. . |
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bjobotts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
13. Like they'd regulate themselves...riiight. |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 12:57 AM Response to Original message |
17. K&R. nt |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 01:54 AM Response to Original message |
18. They spied on the press. They spied on Congress. It was a blackmail ops set up in early 2001 |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 03:46 AM Response to Reply #18 |
25. It's older than you think. |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 07:09 AM Response to Reply #25 |
33. Did NSA stop using Naru/Verint diverter equipment? Or, are the backdoor taps to a "friendly" intel |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 01:55 AM Response to Original message |
19. Evesdrop on one Congressman an outrage |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 03:32 AM Response to Original message |
23. so it's illegal to wiretap congress? |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 03:38 AM Response to Original message |
24. I'm sure they will now reform that policy to ensure that only private citzens can be wiretapped, |
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dcindian (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 03:57 AM Response to Original message |
26. Congress sets up a law to protect themselves and yet we |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 05:52 AM Response to Original message |
27. they're worried about their credibility |
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lostnfound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 07:57 AM Response to Reply #27 |
36. That is |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 08:15 AM Response to Reply #36 |
40. short for |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 06:23 AM Response to Original message |
30. I wonder if this was Bob Ney who passed backchannel dialogue w Iran to Rove. |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 06:53 AM Response to Original message |
32. which congressman, and why? who wants to bet it was |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
35. K&R |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
37. O boy...some more of Cheney's "stay behinds" in the NSA, CIA and DOD ...scary for the next decade |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:54 AM Response to Reply #39 |
52. I never trusted the McCain/Palin idio-oligarchy to ever end this... |
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HillWilliam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
41. And just yesterday a "leak" to NYT from the CIA basically blackmails |
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BlueJessamine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
43. NSA Wiretapping: Justice Department Reining It In |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:10 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. I'm not convinced yet (n/t) |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:10 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Me.. I would like to see all wiretapping and surveillance.. |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:10 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Pinko. |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:10 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Right! |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:10 AM Response to Reply #43 |
47. "improperly"? |
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peace13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:10 AM Response to Reply #43 |
49. Reset the laws to read as they did before * got his dirty hands on them. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 12:24 PM Response to Reply #43 |
56. Renewing WHAT surveillance program, specifically? |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
57. Kicked and recommended. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 12:28 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. P.S. I've tried to recommend this thread, but a bug error has prevented me from doing so. n/t |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
59. we are becoming more and more like a Police State |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
63. Wouldn't it be cool if President Obama used the NSA to spy on the bush crime family. |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 01:28 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. The FBI does domestic federal crime inquiries. They work for the DoJ ... |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. When you say, "The NSA "cannot" do domestic spying", do you mean they |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
67. Remember the John Bolton trial where he would not provide |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
69. Big Brother is watching |
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