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CakeGrrl

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25. What do you expect anyone HERE to DO about it? Today? Tomorrow? Next week?

Reply to Fire Walk With Me (Reply #8)

Tue Jun 11, 2013, 10:02 PM

Jun 2013

Who voted it it in?

Maybe THEY'RE the problem and need to be removed from office to stop voting for this stuff.

Otherwise, what do people who presumably "get it" suggest: To hunker in your bunker and live life in fear of a drone strike? Yeah, you do that.

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The Government is not spying on us. Private Contractors are. Who here thinks that's okay? [View all] TalkingDog Jun 2013 OP

I think it was the WashPo who did a special report Top Secret America NightWatcher Jun 2013 #1

The private contractors are not "selling information to the government" FarCenter Jun 2013 #2

That's what I thought, too. randome Jun 2013 #3

So who is gathering the information? TalkingDog Jun 2013 #4

The information is being gathered by the systems that they build and operate FarCenter Jun 2013 #6

Perhaps "sell" wasn't technically correct. But taking money for gathering information TalkingDog Jun 2013 #15

It doesn't matter. david13 Jun 2013 #5

No, the contractors are providing IT support. jeff47 Jun 2013 #7

If the corporate contractors are doing as Far Center states Uncle Joe Jun 2013 #9

Access jeff47 Jun 2013 #16

They're setting it up, there are more private corporate contractors than government Uncle Joe Jun 2013 #18

No, because your plan requires these conglomerates to cooperate jeff47 Jun 2013 #19

There is no reason as to why two major conglomerates, Uncle Joe Jun 2013 #21

Yes, there is. jeff47 Jun 2013 #23

"Price fixing" IS sharing and that's happened on numerous occasions, two or more conglomerates Uncle Joe Jun 2013 #26

They weren't competing for the same customers when they price fixed. jeff47 Jun 2013 #28

In some cases they were competing for the same customers. Uncle Joe Jun 2013 #30

One correction to my post #21 Uncle Joe Jun 2013 #22

And the point I was making is the guy mopping the floor in a TS facility has a TS clearance. (nt) jeff47 Jun 2013 #24

Google intelligence analyst jobs. private contractors neverforget Jun 2013 #11

The OP's claim is that all the spying is being done by contractors. jeff47 Jun 2013 #17

I'm an Occupier. The government has been proven to be spying upon us. FBI, DHS, etc. Fire Walk With Me Jun 2013 #8

there's something very eerie about the deniers Skittles Jun 2013 #10

Definitely :( Fire Walk With Me Jun 2013 #13

+ 1,000,000,000... What You Said !!! WillyT Jun 2013 #20

Ditto. We need to remember, snot Jun 2013 #27

What do you expect anyone HERE to DO about it? Today? Tomorrow? Next week? CakeGrrl Jun 2013 #25

I expect people here to learn about it and to spread the message far and wide. I expect Fire Walk With Me Jun 2013 #31

I don't want the government or the contractors they hire to spy on us. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2013 #12

Of courses it's the government Abq_Sarah Jun 2013 #14

hey if Feinstein, Reid and a guy named Saxby says its ok... bobduca Jun 2013 #29

NO. Please stop spreading false info. jazzimov Jun 2013 #32