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DeSwiss

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17. K&R

Reply to Indi Guy (Original post)

Tue Dec 3, 2013, 01:33 AM

Dec 2013

- Now shut up and pass the candied yams.

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NSA Sent Home Talking Points for Employees to Use in Conversations with Family & Friends During Holi [View all] Indi Guy Dec 2013 OP

War is peace. marmar Dec 2013 #1

I would have assumed they would have advised them to say. Jesus Malverde Dec 2013 #2

They've lost, and they know it Demeter Dec 2013 #10

Really? Seriously?? SoapBox Dec 2013 #3

Well it is very real... Indi Guy Dec 2013 #14

It's somewhat understandable when you look at it this way... Xithras Dec 2013 #16

So they have the freedom to say anything about the NSA, as long as... Indi Guy Dec 2013 #24

Yep, that's pretty much it. Xithras Dec 2013 #25

Given that culture of internal secrecy and despotism... Indi Guy Dec 2013 #27

Some DoubleSpeak there bucolic_frolic Dec 2013 #4

The NSA wrote turkey-day talking points, because of course it did Jesus Malverde Dec 2013 #5

Yeah, the Post picked it up from Firedoglake. Indi Guy Dec 2013 #13

Talking Points? Savannahmann Dec 2013 #6

And if they can black-male the the American people (which they've shown themselves capable of)... Indi Guy Dec 2013 #15

"Blackmail," unless you are referring to a boy or man with a certain racial make-up. tblue37 Dec 2013 #21

Thanks for the correction. Indi Guy Dec 2013 #22

I know THAT feeling--usually after hours of grading papers! nt tblue37 Dec 2013 #30

''Midget bondage porn''? DeSwiss Dec 2013 #19

I didn't think the NSA celebrated Holi. MyNameGoesHere Dec 2013 #7

NSA sends a traditional holiday message on December 15 every year jmowreader Dec 2013 #37

The headline id cut off and says Holi MyNameGoesHere Dec 2013 #39

I think one can understand WHY they wrote these jmowreader Dec 2013 #8

+1000 Liberal_in_LA Dec 2013 #31

"NSA programs . . . have helped to . . . disrupt 54 terrorist events since 9/11" Jack Rabbit Dec 2013 #9

We had our own serious discussion, one of my daughters wants to marry... marble falls Dec 2013 #11

I would imagine that the NSA has disrupted terrorist attacks. cheapdate Dec 2013 #12

''Every government is run by liars and nothing they say should be believed.'' I.F. Stone n/t DeSwiss Dec 2013 #18

K&R DeSwiss Dec 2013 #17

I wondered where Baghdad Bob was working these days? Hubert Flottz Dec 2013 #20

I bet the families of NSA employees already know that they are evil. JoePhilly Dec 2013 #23

''This only looks like a police state.'' Octafish Dec 2013 #26

...A distinction without a difference (as you know). n/t Indi Guy Dec 2013 #28

It's beginning to look a lot like STASI. Octafish Dec 2013 #40

Why, they could've just come to D"U," to see how many here already dutifully internalized... villager Dec 2013 #29

sad but true Psephos Dec 2013 #32

Curious, ain't it... Indi Guy Dec 2013 #36

Points 1 thru 4 are all the same thing, point 5 is therefore actually point 2 KurtNYC Dec 2013 #33

CATO: Congress Has No Idea What the NSA Is Doing mitty14u2 Dec 2013 #34

I can verify this jmowreader Dec 2013 #38

If they contracted a PR firm for those talking points Blue_Tires Dec 2013 #35

No doubt, the memo was done in house. Indi Guy Dec 2013 #42

The System oioioi Dec 2013 #41