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5. Yes, to a point

Wed Jun 12, 2013, 08:43 PM

Jun 2013

and this is how progressively we have gotten to this point. It is bipartisan, period, end of discussion, full stop.

That does not make it right.

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Revisiting Echelon: The NSA’s Clandestine Data Mining Program [View all] nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 OP

Let's not forget Carnivore, NarusInsight, and Room 641A as well Electric Monk Jun 2013 #1

You do not want to see my notes on this for the moment nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #4

Was Able Danger also along these lines? hrmjustin Jun 2013 #2

Yes, to a point nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #5

Morality has never stopped the government. hrmjustin Jun 2013 #6

Developed in the 1970s... KansDem Jun 2013 #3

I remember how people here were angry as hell about Echelon. QC Jun 2013 #7

Yup, and while I am tryng to get a time line nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #8

So many programs Savannahmann Jun 2013 #9