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In reply to the discussion: Glenn Greenwald's 'Epic Botch'? [View all]Hydra
(14,459 posts)4. I'm comforted by the fact that you had to self kick twice to get 6 votes
Your OP is BS by the way, as plenty have people have said. NSA docs said they have access, so unless they were lying, they have whatever access they say they did.
Addendum 2: The Administration support this using the kinds of lines the Bush Admin would be proud of. "100% safety" for all(them), and Billions of dollars more for the NSA that blandly lies to congress when they ask.
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You're so boring. Please point out where i was factually incorrect in my original post?
NOVA_Dem
Jun 2013
#24
The slide doesn't mean what Greenwald says it means. It's a reading comprehension thing.
pnwmom
Jun 2013
#30
The Washington Post believes that there is some merit to the direct access theory:
Maedhros
Jun 2013
#51
Do you have any PROOF that he just reported what the slide said? I haven't seen any copy of the slid
uponit7771
Jun 2013
#45
In that case FTP servers aren't "direct access", I don't see an open B2B direct or VPN connection
uponit7771
Jun 2013
#47
Perhaps the person who drafted the slide doesn't fully understand the how the data is exchanged.
NOVA_Dem
Jun 2013
#48
Greenwald is in big trouble. The experts at the NSA think Snowden is going to defect to China.
Major Hogwash
Jun 2013
#5
I've just doubled checked the Book of Revelations in my copy of the Electronic Bible...
MrScorpio
Jun 2013
#40
That's an amazing trick - copying data to a datacenter that isn't even built yet! (nt)
jeff47
Jun 2013
#31
Since we haven't heard from Greenwald for a while, I'm betting he's coming to this conclusion on his
rpannier
Jun 2013
#32