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In reply to the discussion: Clapper & Feinstein finally admit that ALL phone records going back 7 years are being collected [View all]randome
(34,845 posts)3. The reason they didn't stop Boston is evidence they do NOT spy on Americans.
And the OP's idea that the SCOTUS is being blackmailed is paranoid and silly.
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TakeALeftTurn
Jun 2013
OP
"The reason the authorities didn't stop Boston is because anti-terror is not the priority." BINGO.
WinkyDink
Jun 2013
#1
That last paragraph is the most disengenous bit of balderdash I have read lately.
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2013
#21
Copying data from one computer to another is easily discovered so it's not the same...
randome
Jun 2013
#33
Clapper, who is a Booz Allen man says they have gathered it all up. So keep barfing up
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2013
#17
What does 'can't' mean? Is it like the Easter Bunny 'can't' be a day early or what?
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2013
#22
The law also said that they couldn't indiscriminately take our information. But they did it, didn't
Th1onein
Jun 2013
#78
It's 'democratic' in the sense that all 3 branches of the government are involved.
randome
Jun 2013
#59
No it is not, at best it shows they are miserable at their jobs, at worst that they are
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2013
#15
But you do understand that this is not about your ability to sleep at night?
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2013
#23
You're right. Wanting to 'fix' an agency doesn't require total trust or mis-trust.
randome
Jun 2013
#38
The reason is the same as 9/11: the Tsarnaevs were part of a CIA program. They aren't investigated
leveymg
Jun 2013
#27
Yes, the NSA does spy on Americans, nearly all of us from what we can tell so far.
DisgustipatedinCA
Jun 2013
#28
Money is the priority. These multi-Billion dollar 'security' Contractors NEED work to do in order to
sabrina 1
Jun 2013
#49
And meanwhile, they pre-emptively target peaceful protesters--because THEY are the threat to TPTB.
snot
Jun 2013
#74
The Federal Oligarch Protection Agency Will Insure Main Street Is Prosecuted Despite The Constitution
cantbeserious
Jun 2013
#2
No - it was just collatoral damage that's considered acceptable to some in gov't.
leveymg
Jun 2013
#35
Terrorist attacks have happened over and over again since '93. They are largely preventable.
leveymg
Jun 2013
#53
Agreed. That's why the charges should have been 3000 counts manslaughter, reckless disregard,
leveymg
Jun 2013
#61
To his credit, Obama shut down the program that used Awlaki to repeatedly attract AQ terrorists
leveymg
Jun 2013
#68
I'm not saying US casualties are the goal, just that they are foreseeable. Second, if the same high
leveymg
Jun 2013
#114
If the same error gets repeated over and over with an expectation of change, it is an insane policy.
leveymg
Jun 2013
#118
The policy of running Counterterror programs around double-agents didn't change
leveymg
Jun 2013
#120
I have no problem with infiltrating hostile groups, but I have a big problem with allowing these
leveymg
Jun 2013
#122
He told Congress in March that the National Security Agency does not intentionally
morningfog
Jun 2013
#47
You are citing the liar trying to defend his lie after he was caught? Hahahaha.
morningfog
Jun 2013
#94
Even he conceded he was untruthful. He clearly lied. I look forward to more lies
morningfog
Jun 2013
#96
He's already made two contradictory statements. Clarity is no longer availible.
morningfog
Jun 2013
#100
You are assuming an awful lot of trust for something that has absolutely zero oversight
TakeALeftTurn
Jun 2013
#116