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That explains a lot. Autumn Jun 2013 #1
What else can we call it? If you snoop into a man's computer Catherina Jun 2013 #5
Would explain (along with lobbyist influence) why our Congresscritters seem to KoKo Jun 2013 #11
You nailed it. And this is precisely what the professional weasels, whose paychecks depend Catherina Jun 2013 #16
Blackmail is one explanation. Another is that they can discover what it takes to buy the politician AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2013 #38
Yeah, otherwise known as the J. Edgar Hoover treatment. n/t ReRe Jun 2013 #53
Kick. Luminous Animal Jun 2013 #2
Proving again that Snowden doesn't know what he's talking about? ProSense Jun 2013 #3
What is your point, seriously, I think I am missing it. So let me try. sabrina 1 Jun 2013 #7
"So I take this comment, the last words he spoke on the chat, with a grain of salt. " ProSense Jun 2013 #10
I already said I was confused. By your comment. I'm not at all confused about the threats to sabrina 1 Jun 2013 #12
No, ProSense Jun 2013 #13
Well you still haven't said whether you believe Snowden or Binney. I will assume you believe sabrina 1 Jun 2013 #14
Who do you believe? ProSense Jun 2013 #15
So you believe Binney then? But both are saying the same thing, so that means you must sabrina 1 Jun 2013 #17
Are you intentionally not making sense? n/t ProSense Jun 2013 #19
"YOU MAKE NO SENSE!" sibelian Jun 2013 #60
You're wasting your time on this one magellan Jun 2013 #24
Exactly right. AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2013 #39
"It is difficult to get a (wo)man... RevStPatrick Jun 2013 #44
+1 magellan Jun 2013 #47
Twisted Upton Sinclair's words right into a nice little sexist rant, didn't you? ReRe Jun 2013 #56
That had nothing to do with sexism. RevStPatrick Jun 2013 #64
Thank you very very much for the source! ReRe Jun 2013 #67
Don't worry...they can run you around in circles zeemike Jun 2013 #34
Thanks ProSense. Beautifully made case. ucrdem Jun 2013 #21
Well, we DUers who you so disdain, are having a problem with the logic here. Could YOU perhaps sabrina 1 Jun 2013 #37
Is this sarcasm? AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2013 #40
No it's not... ReRe Jun 2013 #58
LOL! Vanje Jun 2013 #49
Why are you wasting your time with the FUD monger? n/t hootinholler Jun 2013 #25
LOL! Clown. n/t ProSense Jun 2013 #26
Thank you! hootinholler Jun 2013 #28
Well, ProSense Jun 2013 #29
Ooooo, that only rated one link? hootinholler Jun 2013 #30
Actually: ProSense Jun 2013 #31
Why, when I read your posts here on the wholesale spying on American citizens, I think of RC Jun 2013 #57
^^^+++ ReRe Jun 2013 #59
Wow. Well said. AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2013 #41
Jury Results aikoaiko Jun 2013 #51
Fear Uncertainty and Doubt hootinholler Jun 2013 #63
Great interview- well worth watching! Poll_Blind Jun 2013 #4
Thanks for watching. These refute the professional nonsense being spammed on these boards Catherina Jun 2013 #22
GEN Allen's emails weren't his giftedgirl77 Jun 2013 #6
It's crap that they are spying on Congress? See Binney's and then Snowden's seeming contradiction sabrina 1 Jun 2013 #9
it isn't a "seeming" contradiction. It is a contradiction. And are we talking about the NSA tapping KittyWampus Jun 2013 #20
The only difference is, is Snowden's claim the the NSA has granted Congress immunity from their sabrina 1 Jun 2013 #42
Why do Binney and Snowden's statements have to "add up"? ReRe Jun 2013 #61
Recommend...well worth the watch. KoKo Jun 2013 #8
What grabs me- all 3 gentlemen say they could develop a system with built in safeguards but were not KittyWampus Jun 2013 #18
Agreed Kitty. One of the whistle-blowers said they tried to but were shot down everytime Catherina Jun 2013 #32
Hey, they got to make their money some way. zeemike Jun 2013 #43
The NATO doctrine... "If we're losing... we will blow up the world" - Halperin Catherina Jun 2013 #66
That was interesting about Halprin zeemike Jun 2013 #68
It's bittersweet like you said Catherina Jun 2013 #70
Yes marions ghost Jun 2013 #52
Exactly! ReRe Jun 2013 #62
Wish he had provided PROOF-we'd have been 6 months ahead on this. n/t JimDandy Jun 2013 #23
Proof is hidden away which explains why Snowden took such drastic steps, Catherina Jun 2013 #27
Clapper gave his testimoney after Snowden absconded. randome Jun 2013 #33
Clapper has a lot on his mind also. Like maybe whether he should go back to that multi million sabrina 1 Jun 2013 #45
But then we'd have to put up with whatever mud Union Scribe Jun 2013 #73
J. Edgar Hoover's wet dream. xtraxritical Jun 2013 #35
Could the secrets of Congress members be why the majority of them DJ13 Jun 2013 #36
Not exactly. If you know that politicians can be bought, if you can uncover what it takes to buy AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2013 #46
And could also explain why Obama zeemike Jun 2013 #48
William Binney infers: It's the Constitution, Stupid! Dec 2012 ReRe Jun 2013 #50
With the way they all lined up behind GWB to do anything he said or wanted Rex Jun 2013 #54
The secret AT&T spy room? That was NSA. The whisteblowers confirmed it Catherina Jun 2013 #65
k&r TakeALeftTurn Jun 2013 #55
I have to wonder how, say quakerboy Jun 2013 #69
Explains how Impeachment got off the table. Octafish Jun 2013 #71
Wait a minute - he resigned in 2001? jazzimov Jun 2013 #72
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