Excellent article. Good enough to elevate you to traitor journalist status among (Reply #4)

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Wed Aug 7, 2013, 05:32 PM

Zorra (27,670 posts)

4. Excellent article. Good enough to elevate you to traitor journalist status among

Third Way shills.

Congratulations.

You have succeeded in alarming me, and have made it clear that this issue is, in fact, more serious then I had deduced.

Thanks for the reality check.

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99 replies	Author	Time	Post
You Are, In Fact, Being Watched [View all]	WilliamPitt	Aug 2013	OP
We are privatizing freedom.	Vinnie From Indy	Aug 2013	#1
Who knows what "crime" will come to mean?	phantom power	Aug 2013	#2
Minority report.	Javaman	Aug 2013	#75
But, but, there's absolutely no evidence of any spying on Americans. Read that right here on DU.	Scuba	Aug 2013	#3
So did I. It is the meme of the day. nt	Mojorabbit	Aug 2013	#29
Excellent article. Good enough to elevate you to traitor journalist status among	Zorra	Aug 2013	#4
Ceiling cat?	Socal31	Aug 2013	#5
Look up.	WilliamPitt	Aug 2013	#7
Smelly cat	HappyMe	Aug 2013	#11
But Obama said the NSA isn't spying on Americans	leftstreet	Aug 2013	#6
HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!!	WillyT	Aug 2013	#8
I understand that some have held back...not wanting to get scammed...or	KoKo	Aug 2013	#9
of course. and anybody that thinks the security apparatus feels bound by laws, warrants, and	KG	Aug 2013	#10
The Reuters report did not address the question of whether or not data came from foreign sources.	randome	Aug 2013	#12
No matter how many links to articles your fellow DU'ers give you....	KoKo	Aug 2013	#13
To be fair,	WilliamPitt	Aug 2013	#14
Because I think that was an important question to ask?	randome	Aug 2013	#16
Rhetorical Point...Counter Point.. It's what you do....	KoKo	Aug 2013	#21
+1	WilliamPitt	Aug 2013	#15
Maybe your credentials would give you enough weight to ask for a follow-up?	randome	Aug 2013	#18
My friend Ron Wyden has some very strong credentials and he gets lied to in	Bluenorthwest	Aug 2013	#74
Reuters appears to be pulling its information from	ProSense	Aug 2013	#28
Would that be data laundering?	usGovOwesUs3Trillion	Aug 2013	#36
Thank you Mr Pitt.	99Forever	Aug 2013	#17
k to the r	frylock	Aug 2013	#19
Great post. K & R eom	99th_Monkey	Aug 2013	#20
K&R	Solly Mack	Aug 2013	#22
K&R...!	KoKo	Aug 2013	#23
but....	cvoogt	Aug 2013	#24
U.S. Spy Program Lifts Veil in Court	ProSense	Aug 2013	#25
Post removed	Post removed	Aug 2013	#26
.	ProSense	Aug 2013	#30
Exactly.	WilliamPitt	Aug 2013	#33
Your post was hidden...but I think it might have been worth it.	Gravitycollapse	Aug 2013	#53
It should have been. n/t	ProSense	Aug 2013	#83
Fucking THANK YOU - for SAYING IT!! Great OP, Will.	chimpymustgo	Aug 2013	#72
Figures you would condone such a post. n/t	ProSense	Aug 2013	#82
Don't think it will, WRP.	Duval	Aug 2013	#96
+1	LondonReign2	Aug 2013	#32
Edward Snowden is a modern day Paul Revere with a thumb drive full of news that Tyranny is coming!	usGovOwesUs3Trillion	Aug 2013	#35
Oh FFS...	SidDithers	Aug 2013	#37
Edward Snowden is a modern day Paul Revere with a thumb drive full of news that Tyranny is coming!	usGovOwesUs3Trillion	Aug 2013	#39
Oh FFS...	SidDithers	Aug 2013	#42
You know, you don't need to sign your posts.	Bonobo	Aug 2013	#60
That's why there's the NSA.	Warren DeMontague	Aug 2013	#64
Important to point out this change very likely due to Snowden's whistleblowing.	flpoljunkie	Aug 2013	#84
Thanks for the aritlce, ProSense.. my someone's awfully touchy about	Cha	Aug 2013	#95
Big k&r.	dkf	Aug 2013	#27
Thank you, William Pitt.	Faryn Balyncd	Aug 2013	#31
KICK	Zorra	Aug 2013	#34
K & R	cherokeeprogressive	Aug 2013	#38
Kick. Plus the usual memo-whisperers show up, needle Will, and get their desired results.	Warren Stupidity	Aug 2013	#40
The bottom line is, there's no constitution- if you smoke pot you can be dragged off to a room	Warren DeMontague	Aug 2013	#41
Uh... drugs are illegal (fortunately, for many, unfortunately for some)	Amonester	Aug 2013	#43
Fraud is illegal too, yet the President chose not to prosecute the banksters.	Waiting For Everyman	Aug 2013	#54
If those bankers had just been mothers of toddlers in family court, or a college student at a party	Warren DeMontague	Aug 2013	#56
It's a-ok to persecute the little people, but the 1% can break laws at will.	Waiting For Everyman	Aug 2013	#58
Derp. Uh, so is spying on Americans without a warrant.. uh... yeah, illegal.	Warren DeMontague	Aug 2013	#55
Actually the executive could end the stupid war on drugs tomorrow.	Warren Stupidity	Aug 2013	#71
Given how the War on Drugs turned out; time for a War on Jobs!	Divernan	Aug 2013	#73
Wish there were a DU Irony Award - Well played indeed! - nt	HardTimes99	Aug 2013	#76
How much can you trust the future?	Amonester	Aug 2013	#44
It is, in fact, all about you.	gulliver	Aug 2013	#45
Good article Will	Hydra	Aug 2013	#46
Thank you Will. You laid it all out.	Autumn	Aug 2013	#47
Great piece, Will	Oilwellian	Aug 2013	#48
Well then we have a duty	Newest Reality	Aug 2013	#49
9/11 was nothing more than an excuse to initiate their preconceived agenda.	blkmusclmachine	Aug 2013	#50
TransCanada were caught with a slideshow of peaceful activists, teaching cops they're terrorists.	Fire Walk With Me	Aug 2013	#51
How long until Minority Report, USA?...nt	silvershadow	Aug 2013	#52
Kick And Recommended	cantbeserious	Aug 2013	#57
Good one, Will.	Waiting For Everyman	Aug 2013	#59
Obama: NSA Surveillance Was Necessary To Make Sure Boston Bombings Weren't Part Of Bigger Plot	Ichingcarpenter	Aug 2013	#61
Necessary for them to help the DEA monitor and arrest medical marijuana users?	Warren DeMontague	Aug 2013	#63
Spying vs Surveillance are synonyms	Ichingcarpenter	Aug 2013	#65
I know. What's astounding is that anyone here is even trying to polish this turd.	Warren DeMontague	Aug 2013	#68
Right, we need the NSA because we're too stupid to simply follow up a direct Russian tip off.	Waiting For Everyman	Aug 2013	#66
Yes, but my point is his use of the words	Ichingcarpenter	Aug 2013	#67
I agree with you	Waiting For Everyman	Aug 2013	#69
I just wanted to show he was splitting hairs	Ichingcarpenter	Aug 2013	#70
K&R	laundry_queen	Aug 2013	#62
Great post Will.	Bluenorthwest	Aug 2013	#77
Spying comprehensively? There's no proof of that. nt	treestar	Aug 2013	#78
fuck you	bigtree	Aug 2013	#79
The spying paranoia on DU has jumped the shark	DontTreadOnMe	Aug 2013	#80
No, they have all that data, and a lot more.	Fuddnik	Aug 2013	#87
Facebook knows me as a John Q. Public.	cherokeeprogressive	Aug 2013	#92
Thank you, Don'tTreadOnMe. that is all.	Cha	Aug 2013	#94
You put it into words and you still don't see the difference?	A Simple Game	Aug 2013	#99
K&R. nt	OnyxCollie	Aug 2013	#81
K&R	JDPriestly	Aug 2013	#85
Excellent OP!	blackspade	Aug 2013	#86
K & R	Lifelong Protester	Aug 2013	#88
Thanks Will. K&R	glinda	Aug 2013	#89
The DEA connection is very troubling, and it's not just the government,	ecstatic	Aug 2013	#90
Power corrupts...	FlyByNight	Aug 2013	#91
Spending its resources to spy on the American people thwarts those would express dissent over	indepat	Aug 2013	#93
you ask	Vietnameravet	Aug 2013	#97
OH, Calm down, already. Here's an infographic that explains it and will reassure you.	Warren DeMontague	Aug 2013	#98

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