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In reply to the discussion: Snowden and Greenwald Beginning to Self-Destruct; ‘The Nation’ and ‘Mother Jones’ Raise Questions [View all]leftynyc
(26,060 posts)97. LOL - oh, a lecture
I'm paying very close attention to this non-story. And I'll comment on whatever part of this "scandal" I wish to - he deserves to be charged with espionage and will unless he decides to defect (which he may have to as nobody seems to want to accept somebody so untrustworthy) - your hero. You don't have a problem with him sharing his classified info with a foreign reporter and a foreign government - that says a lot about you.
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Snowden and Greenwald Beginning to Self-Destruct; ‘The Nation’ and ‘Mother Jones’ Raise Questions [View all]
flamingdem
Jun 2013
OP
The bottom line, to me, is that there is no doub that NSA not only has access to,
MotherPetrie
Jun 2013
#1
They've been after him since the first story, which held nothing classified but that they were
Th1onein
Jun 2013
#94
I don't know what you mean by "every piece of electronic communication." They only
pnwmom
Jun 2013
#32
Are you accusing some here of being duped by a former Cato Institute and Koch Brothers employee
Ikonoklast
Jun 2013
#196
the kneejerking is done by Obama fans who give him a pass because he's supposedly a Dem instead
MotherPetrie
Jun 2013
#92
Greenwald thought he saw a sore spot in the Liberal Left and he is trying to
VanillaRhapsody
Jun 2013
#104
It's not about them. It's about a rubber stamp court that permits the government to
liberal_at_heart
Jun 2013
#11
You want there to still be a 4th Amendment!? Why, you pearl-clutching unicorn-herder!
villager
Jun 2013
#15
that's a bit obvious. There's a million may or may nots in this life. A million what ifs.
liberal_at_heart
Jun 2013
#17
I don't care when it broke. We need to put pressure on our government to stop spying on citizens.
liberal_at_heart
Jun 2013
#21
Precisely--and the timing of the release of info (which Snowden insisted upon) had to be precise.
MADem
Jun 2013
#157
but they're willing to approve collecting phone data on millions ordinary average American
liberal_at_heart
Jun 2013
#26
They have data on telephone numbers made by ordinary citizens with no probable cause.
liberal_at_heart
Jun 2013
#44
data is transmitted using the companies servers with FTP access - not accessing !
flamingdem
Jun 2013
#23
I don't really understand this. Here is what Feinstein just said after the secret briefing:
reusrename
Jun 2013
#47
I don't care when the news broke. I don't care that it is legal. It is unconstitutional and therefor
liberal_at_heart
Jun 2013
#28
They can get phone numbers I have called from the phone companies when they have no
liberal_at_heart
Jun 2013
#36
If you're "no longer a democrat" then you haven't been one since the late seventies.
MADem
Jun 2013
#159
Actually, the Verizon story came first, got a big reaction, is a big deal. The PRISM story came
Hissyspit
Jun 2013
#52
Then they should never have approved letting the government collect phone data on
liberal_at_heart
Jun 2013
#45
Direct Access Is The One Thing That The Surveillance State Would Most Want To Bury
cantbeserious
Jun 2013
#54
"Move along. Nothing to see here. Pay no attention to the men behind the curtain."
Ford_Prefect
Jun 2013
#59
More like, 'Stop living in a Harry Potter fantasy and look at the real world's problems.'
randome
Jun 2013
#69
Companies that protest that the NSA does not have access to their data are lying.
Laelth
Jun 2013
#79
“direct access” description … only aspect … that was unknown prior = DU's instant reaction
Coyotl
Jun 2013
#88
she! LOL! proven that you DID not even read the article or watch the video, that scared i see
Monkie
Jun 2013
#109
She says she learned significantly more. So what? That by itself means nothing.
randome
Jun 2013
#121
K&R... did you see the WSWS thread with the assertion that we MUST support Snowden, Assange, etc?
redqueen
Jun 2013
#137
A mass movement of easily-led, cult of personality-worshipping reactionaries. nt
redqueen
Jun 2013
#155