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marble falls

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33. We need to rethink the NSA.

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Wed Jun 12, 2013, 10:32 AM

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NSA memo pushed to 'rethink' 4th Amendment [View all] The Straight Story Jun 2013 OP

The larger conversation that was part of, for the curious Recursion Jun 2013 #1

Interesting excerpt. Thanks. n/t Laelth Jun 2013 #10

A good reference, thanks. FarCenter Jun 2013 #25

"Majority Views NSA Phone Tracking as Acceptable Anti-terror Tactic" cprise Jun 2013 #31

There seems to be a lot of folks on DU who agree with the NSA's rethinking. K&R Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2013 #2

Yes, but it's not clear any of them are really Democrats. ;) reformist2 Jun 2013 #4

Yeah, I think I ran in to one on a thread I tried to start on this topic earlier... cascadiance Jun 2013 #14

Usually? JoeyT Jun 2013 #30

i'm pretty certain that they're democrats.. frylock Jun 2013 #26

Propaganda is ubiquitous in 2013 woo me with science Jun 2013 #5

Rec. AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2013 #6

...and a lot of other people taking a winger story at face value. I don't uponit7771 Jun 2013 #9

did you notice that this happened during bush's reign? frylock Jun 2013 #27

Ron Wyden pretty much backs up Greenwald on this. Maedhros Jun 2013 #29

K & R AzDar Jun 2013 #3

Important post. Our Constitution is under assault, along with the 99 percent. woo me with science Jun 2013 #7

uh..sorry...just cant go around rethinking and reintepreting the 4th amendment.. xiamiam Jun 2013 #8

Obama planned to offensively use the Internet but reportedly only against those in foreign countries AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2013 #11

4th amendment needs to be . . . amended geek tragedy Jun 2013 #12

Yes, earlier I was proposing that the movetoamend.org group also embrace updating the 4th amendment cascadiance Jun 2013 #15

We do have to be careful about taking away rights from corporations with so much geek tragedy Jun 2013 #16

The problem is that they claim "ownership" of this data that violates our constitution protections cascadiance Jun 2013 #17

I don't see how we avoid having private ownership of our data when we rely on private sources geek tragedy Jun 2013 #18

Just to clarify "private ownership", who are you referring to as "owners" of our private data?... cascadiance Jun 2013 #19

To a certain extent, there have always been records of the services we use. geek tragedy Jun 2013 #20

Fully agree that we find some mechanism for the customer to have legal claims... cascadiance Jun 2013 #21

Thanks for the thoughtful conversation. geek tragedy Jun 2013 #22

K&R forestpath Jun 2013 #13

Did You Catch THIS ??? WillyT Jun 2013 #23

So incoming W had "a case for new authorities and technology to adapt to the Internet era?" KansDem Jun 2013 #24

This should cause people to 'rethink' who we vote into office. Rex Jun 2013 #28

Let's start with Clapper nradisic Jun 2013 #32

We need to rethink the NSA. marble falls Jun 2013 #33

Or, as GWB might say: that goddamn piece of paper, blkmusclmachine Jun 2013 #34