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Thinkingabout

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17. Reread your attachment and pay close attention to the word warrant and since this data is collected

Reply to backscatter712 (Reply #4)

Thu Jun 20, 2013, 02:27 PM

Jun 2013

with a warrant then in this case the law has been upheld on the collecting. Where the law was broken was in revealing information by Snowden. You need to read the entire law to be an authoritarian not just the words you care to have in the law.

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"Snowden is much wiser from a legal perspective than many people initially gave him credit for" [View all] DesMoinesDem Jun 2013 OP

Yeah, what happened to this guy? railsback Jun 2013 #1

Thieves are smarter in the craft of their crimes for a while, legally if he was a good Thinkingabout Jun 2013 #2

Your psychic powers are amazing! backscatter712 Jun 2013 #4

Reread your attachment and pay close attention to the word warrant and since this data is collected Thinkingabout Jun 2013 #17

Yep, and if he was a Witch he would float. 1-Old-Man Jun 2013 #5

Absolutely! Ethical person will NEVER report a wrongdoing. ! Because its unethical to do so. idwiyo Jun 2013 #9

SNAP You solved this conundrum. avaistheone1 Jun 2013 #19

yeah like our government lives by a code of ethics backwoodsbob Jun 2013 #12

i wish that guy all the luck in the world... allin99 Jun 2013 #3

Even if he turns out to be both a twerp and a traitor he has still done his Nation a service. 1-Old-Man Jun 2013 #6

too bad that you cannot give an example of what he revealed Kolesar Jun 2013 #7

Is there any particular reason you felt it necessary magellan Jun 2013 #10

And people wonder why I get so many posts hidden lately. backscatter712 Jun 2013 #18

This message was self-deleted by its author magellan Jun 2013 #11

Yes, of course. One absolutely MUST read a PAPER copy of newspaper or forever hang their head in idwiyo Jun 2013 #13

courage imo.and not the kind that some folks get typing gossip about him in their pjs xiamiam Jun 2013 #8

So he's 'clever' because he chose a country where he might be stuck for years? randome Jun 2013 #14

I'm on bombshell watch flamingdem Jun 2013 #15

So did Assange. Another 'clever' dude who barricaded himself in an Ecuadorian embassy. randome Jun 2013 #16

Even wiser than that lol. " Hong Kong's asylum system is currently stuck in a state of limbo " Catherina Jun 2013 #20