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In reply to the discussion: What the New NSA Docs Show: How They Lied to Us, and a Lot More [View all]blackspade
(10,056 posts)64. well said.
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When you throw in those with anarchist literature and a history of environmental activism
Maedhros
Jun 2013
#31
This always was a police matter ...not a military one. It is a band of probably less than 3000
L0oniX
Jun 2013
#13
That's an excellent question, particularly when you think about some of the "plots"
winter is coming
Jun 2013
#60
An explanation from the Bush Administration for failing to stop the 9/11 attacks was that the
AnotherMcIntosh
Jun 2013
#9
And what about that original thread and this duplicate implies that domestic info is captured?
randome
Jun 2013
#18
Can you read a flow chart? It goes top to bottom. Profiling happens before targeting.
leveymg
Jun 2013
#19
PRISM operates as a "database of databases." There are 875,000 identified terrorist suspects
leveymg
Jun 2013
#22
I really have to wonder why nobody else has picked up on the profiling aspect. Seems fundamental.
leveymg
Jun 2013
#57
Don't you have some opposition research to do on WAPO reporter Bart Gellman..
Luminous Animal
Jun 2013
#17
The bottom-line, instead of warrantless targeting, the system now is warrantless profiling everyone.
leveymg
Jun 2013
#26
one of the unfortunate realities of being someone in a position like the President is that they do
Douglas Carpenter
Jun 2013
#42
Because nobody has said they aren't. If these were photoshops, don't you think someone
leveymg
Jun 2013
#44
You and me. I have hope anyway, but the recent DU has given me hope for the US
BelgianMadCow
Jun 2013
#55
''A warrant is only required if the decision is made to target the individual.''
Octafish
Jul 2013
#66
These charts are too confusing. I just accept everything President Obama does...
Safetykitten
Jul 2013
#67