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In reply to the discussion: Report Indicates Snowden/Greenwald Lied About Key Claims [View all]hootinholler
(26,449 posts)190. I wish my FWB would felate me the way Dana felates the NSA
There is no there in there. Dana seems to share your desire to put the genie back into the bottle. Rather than piercing the confusion, Dana raises more issues and clearly doesn't understand how big systems work.
The main issue is if there are only 33 people in the entire NSA authorized to use the system, then why does a powerpoint training deck even exist? That is a small enough pool of people that I question how Snowden would have even found out about it, let alone get copies of the training materials.
Where did the DEA get its tap of this stuff from?
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So you're using the claims of a team of admitted fantastical liars, who even lied to Congress,
MannyGoldstein
Aug 2013
#1
So you're dismissing what he promised to prove that he didn't make a false claim
ProSense
Aug 2013
#33
I am convinced I have described him accurately. I have nothing but my opinion on that.
randome
Aug 2013
#112
So that means you just believe anybody that says something disparaging against the NSA?
VanillaRhapsody
Aug 2013
#50
'Direct access', while not a lie, was certainly a whopper of deliberate misdirection.
randome
Aug 2013
#56
Yes, it has become a major flaw here on DU -- people become unhinged and just make up facts.
DontTreadOnMe
Aug 2013
#45
Trust the govt agency that outsources to Carlyle Group-owned, PNAC-led, Booz Allen Hamilton instead.
OnyxCollie
Aug 2013
#21
Because Snowden's documents have forced the NSA to admit that they've lied, lied, lied
MannyGoldstein
Aug 2013
#30
what I don't believe is just about anything you have to say on the subject.
Warren Stupidity
Aug 2013
#32
Fine, and I didn't write the WaPo piece. Yet you're dismissing it and attempting to deflect. n/t
ProSense
Aug 2013
#39
Clearly, implying that someone is a paid shill is a good argument for Greenwald/Snowden fans, but
ProSense
Aug 2013
#58
He is getting paid, he is a Libertarian and agrees with Paul with many things, and he is anti-Obama.
Whisp
Aug 2013
#218
I think Skinner says it best when he refers to "This whole who-is-the-paid-shill witch hunt.."
Cha
Aug 2013
#258
If HTTP is not a plurality it is probably because FTP and TFTP outweigh it due to downloads
whttevrr
Aug 2013
#90
Hilarious how the "don't shoot the messenger" crowds first response to this OP is
JaneyVee
Aug 2013
#23
Yes, the NSA uses software in the course of their jobs. Who could have foreseen that?
randome
Aug 2013
#49
And with that software it takes almost no effort to see in real time what is passing through
whttevrr
Aug 2013
#61
Unless someone has evidence that software is used on domestic data, you are assuming too much.
randome
Aug 2013
#69
LOL, let me get this straight. So the NSA has stopped denying that they're conducting blanket
Marr
Aug 2013
#42
I don't think it is salary in a monetary sense. I think it is a salary of psyche.
whttevrr
Aug 2013
#103
Say... as of today, are Snowden's documents officially Old News™, Completely False™, or
Marr
Aug 2013
#57
I don't think you've done a thorough enough background check of this blogger.
AppleBottom
Aug 2013
#249
How much do you want to bet that Greenwald has documents that explain this very process...
randome
Aug 2013
#80
OMG you and the Kos poster are completely clueless about what Snowden means by "authorities".
dkf
Aug 2013
#96
Do you know what he means by "authorities" when it comes to computers? Obviously not.
dkf
Aug 2013
#113
So you are claiming that the NSA either has very lax security allowing "any" Super User
DontTreadOnMe
Aug 2013
#120
What a nonsensical response. He hacked the system is not "certainly had the authorities to wiretap"
ProSense
Aug 2013
#149
"Hair on Fire" = "Tornado Full of Sharks" lol.. I think we have a new label
DontTreadOnMe
Aug 2013
#214
It's not Kos, it's just a diary by one of thousands of DK members. Post has no particular
leveymg
Aug 2013
#122
+Infinity! I say we suspend all funding for the NSA in toto until it complies with your quite
HardTimes99
Aug 2013
#143
"Dana Priest's 'report' quotes no sources and presents data that this totally unverified. "
ProSense
Aug 2013
#146
"If you want 'evidence' from Greenwald, maybe you should contact him and ask. "
ProSense
Aug 2013
#162
If the claims are untrue, why was Clapper willing to commit a felony and lie to the Senate?
AnotherMcIntosh
Aug 2013
#134
Ever More Character Assassination - Pro Active And Sensible - Government Approved - IMHO
cantbeserious
Aug 2013
#142
I approve of the dissemination & acceptance of the truth. As any reasonable, rational person should.
baldguy
Aug 2013
#254
If you are serious, post links to the "REAL evidence". "Dude, seriously". nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Aug 2013
#176
Anyone swayed from one side to the other by this latest attempt? Hands? nt
Union Scribe
Aug 2013
#224
Cool blog post dude,.. nice you found another partisan over democracy hack,.
Civilization2
Aug 2013
#227
lolz,. right on point! endless delusional posts and non-responses is all ps offers,.
Civilization2
Aug 2013
#255