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5. There is also the issue of whether there are criminal prosecutions

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Fri Jun 7, 2013, 11:01 AM

Jun 2013

If I remember correctly, this stuff cannot be used for that. In which case, no one can claim they are harmed by it.

It would be interesting to know, for older matters, if they were able to do anything about terrorism. A lot that the government knew about Al Qaeda was done via spying and surveillance. Though even so, they could not find out enough to stop the attack (though that may be Bush incompetence).

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It's not Obama's fault if people haven't paid attention [View all] struggle4progress Jun 2013 OP

Exactly. blm Jun 2013 #1

True Enough, Sir The Magistrate Jun 2013 #2

New words we'd like to see in the dictionary: Zorra Jun 2013 #3

You know not everyone is so easily fooled treestar Jun 2013 #7

Well, some of us see more and more of our rights repeatedly being restricted or taken away as Zorra Jun 2013 #12

That does not make every single trumped up treestar Jun 2013 #20

So here's what I'm seein: I took th'time t'write a thoughtful post, struggle4progress Jun 2013 #10

Too bad LWolf Jun 2013 #14

The buck might stop with Obama, but why do so many of you seem to ignore that it might stop earlier? Bodhi BloodWave Jun 2013 #16

Because it didn't stop. LWolf Jun 2013 #17

This is a very flippant response siligut Jun 2013 #18

+1 LWolf Jun 2013 #13

Yeah but isn't he just the handsomest President we've ever had? cherokeeprogressive Jun 2013 #15

Acting within the dubious law cannot be conflated with compelled by the law as a deflection tactic TheKentuckian Jun 2013 #4

If you don't like the effin FISA courts or the thinking that's behind Maryland v Smith, struggle4progress Jun 2013 #9

There is also the issue of whether there are criminal prosecutions treestar Jun 2013 #5

Obama wasn't in charge of anything when he was 18 or 19 1-Old-Man Jun 2013 #6

Bush disidoro01 Jun 2013 #8

no, but almost every liberal and progressive was outraged about the degree of the surveillance state Douglas Carpenter Jun 2013 #11

I think that you described to a T what has angered progressives. Beacool Jun 2013 #19