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In reply to the discussion: Maybe it's because I've held a Top Secret security clearance once... [View all]Trekologer
(997 posts)173. And there are at least 279 people in DC that would love something to hang on the administration
At least one of them would listen.
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MrScorpio
Jun 2013
OP
I suspected that. I posted it here somewhere. At first I thought he just got the job to out all this
okaawhatever
Jun 2013
#109
Your claim is not proven. And if you think the government is "spying on ALL its citizens" I have a
MADem
Jun 2013
#162
The whole story seemed slick, managed. Thanks for showing why it had that apperance.
freshwest
Jun 2013
#172
In five years we would not know there is a crisis without people like him. He risks
GoneFishin
Jun 2013
#87
Nonsense. He didn't even TRY. And the son of his political hero is sitting in the Senate on the
MADem
Jun 2013
#90
I can't dismiss the possibility, because Rand is squirrely. I truly don't know.
GoneFishin
Jun 2013
#98
the mos for that program is 18X. Apparently they call the recruits X Rays. Here's the training
okaawhatever
Jun 2013
#112
Let's send the plans of our latest military aircraft to the Chinese, too, shall we?
MADem
Jun 2013
#157
I've had a telephone party line, and I've lived in countries where it was assumed that the
MADem
Jun 2013
#160
And there are at least 279 people in DC that would love something to hang on the administration
Trekologer
Jun 2013
#173
you are right, it's what makes the most sense. if people stop and use their brains and common sense.
Voice for Peace
Jun 2013
#131
Glenn Greenwald lost all credibility with me when he called atheists racists in his defense of Islam
GreenEyedLefty
Jun 2013
#12
I thought he screwed it when he took money as a CATO Institute consultant and "white paper" writer.
MADem
Jun 2013
#91
You remember incorrectly. Clearances held are a common feature of most defense/state
MADem
Jun 2013
#124
Have To Agree To Disagree - The Surveillance State Is Out Of Control - No More Excuses
cantbeserious
Jun 2013
#20
Just because some ass tweets a pic of their ass doesn't mean everybody has to lose THEIR privacy
n2doc
Jun 2013
#21
The false equivalency crap going on here is rampant. The DU friends of Agent Mike group...
L0oniX
Jun 2013
#94
Then comparing it to the One Ring and suggesting we toss it into Mt. Doom is out of the question?
TalkingDog
Jun 2013
#22
Yeah, that was my first take on everything, too. HS dropout to SF dropout to security guard
Nay
Jun 2013
#42
They're concerned with the people who want to blow us up. The people who are trying to break into
okaawhatever
Jun 2013
#115
No matter how "private" you think things are, there is a room full of analysts somewhere who can see
cbdo2007
Jun 2013
#44
Just remember -- the capitalists DO have the right to collect all that info for themselves. You
Nay
Jun 2013
#164
The funny thing is that even after leaving all of that shit behind eight years ago...
MrScorpio
Jun 2013
#57
"Tweeting from their toilets millions of times a day . . ." --- That would be me.
Major Hogwash
Jun 2013
#67
Tyler, you picked a great person/post to approach. Glad you were able to wade through the chum
Number23
Jun 2013
#76
HUGE K&R!! "the crying and drama queening about it is just getting way out of hand."
Number23
Jun 2013
#75
It you can't get a sip from a fire hose, squandering money to build a spy Niagara Falls is wasteful.
AnotherMcIntosh
Jun 2013
#88
Thanks for writing this OP. Very informative, very rational. Patriot Act Repeal, K&R.
emulatorloo
Jun 2013
#119
'This may seem normal to the CREEPS that run these programs or work for them."
DevonRex
Jun 2013
#133
I'm not panicking. I'm just letting my representatives know that they currently do not
liberal_at_heart
Jun 2013
#141