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malaise

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7. The truth is that unvetted people like Snowdon are way more problematic

Fri Jun 21, 2013, 09:39 PM

Jun 2013

for people's basic security than we every imagined - they have access to credit cards, etc. so that while there is the anger/fear of the invasion of privacy, having these private sector goons having access is way more frightening to me.
National security cannot be in the hands of private contractors

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Facebook's chief security officer has been working for the NSA harvesting data for over 2 years [View all] Catherina Jun 2013 OP

There is a word I am looking nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #1

It's frightening malaise Jun 2013 #2

And it is not partisan nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #4

This Might Help... WillyT Jun 2013 #10

Thanks nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #11

Just Gave It It's Own OP... WillyT Jun 2013 #13

By jove, I think you've got it! dixiegrrrrl Jun 2013 #66

You can check everyone of those off the list. zeemike Jun 2013 #39

Alex Jones has used the "F-word" already. That's taken. 99th_Monkey Jun 2013 #54

Yep....and that is how they come to own the word. zeemike Jun 2013 #59

Looks like a joke, but NOT! ReRe Jun 2013 #45

Yeah they just lost 6 million user accounts, 'hacked' Rex Jun 2013 #3

Too many people forget that the US Army invented the malaise Jun 2013 #5

Yes some of us were playing on DARPA long ago. Rex Jun 2013 #6

The truth is that unvetted people like Snowdon are way more problematic malaise Jun 2013 #7

Privatization, of everything, even the Government. I wonder how much of the 'work' that has been sabrina 1 Jun 2013 #12

Maybe we're just naive malaise Jun 2013 #16

They are going to the hacker community to hire people. dkf Jun 2013 #14

All I know is that the thieves and the lunatics are running our planet malaise Jun 2013 #17

Vetting = "Will you lie, cheat and steal for the Corporation, so help you GOD?" n/t ReRe Jun 2013 #51

Yes the damage to national security is the fault of our system Rex Jun 2013 #32

Be afraid whenever they mutter the words: ReRe Jun 2013 #52

Me too! VanillaRhapsody Jun 2013 #33

Si, Senora/Senor! n/t ReRe Jun 2013 #46

And for good reason: DeSwiss Jun 2013 #42

OP it, DeSwiss! ReRe Jun 2013 #56

Done and done. DeSwiss Jun 2013 #61

LOL! This makes a video by the Onion too close to truth Jarla Jun 2013 #8

Fiction is stranger than truth malaise Jun 2013 #9

Oh please please please, I just have to repost this Catherina Jun 2013 #19

Yup, very spot on! Jarla Jun 2013 #22

Thanks for putting some fun back into the truedelphi Jun 2013 #36

The video I linked to is a different one Jarla Jun 2013 #38

Lol! Thank you! Catherina Jun 2013 #40

This fall, when SNL is live again (and not on reruns)... ReRe Jun 2013 #58

My guess is... They made him an offer he couldn't refuse. n/t cherokeeprogressive Jun 2013 #15

Could be. Or maybe he just liked the money involved. Who knows? See Clapper for another sabrina 1 Jun 2013 #18

"willfully blind"... if that isn't a "truetrue", I don't know what is. n/t cherokeeprogressive Jun 2013 #20

Facebook exists to gather data on its users. Skip Intro Jun 2013 #21

That's why I never joined it. From the beginning when I went there and saw the requirements to join sabrina 1 Jun 2013 #24

You think what you post on DU is private? VanillaRhapsody Jun 2013 #35

Uh this is a PUBLIC forum. Was that snark? sabrina 1 Jun 2013 #48

Sayin' it doesn't just go away... VanillaRhapsody Jun 2013 #55

They ask me personal questions every time I log in. Skip Intro Jun 2013 #57

Some say that's one of the main ideas behind the www in general usGovOwesUs3Trillion Jun 2013 #53

To repeat the coalescing DU position: Coccydynia Jun 2013 #23

Lol, you mean the minority on DU. And the majority is not the least bit surprised by the sabrina 1 Jun 2013 #25

I know that is how it effected me. zeemike Jun 2013 #41

I know, I wonder what they expect to achieve. It would make a good study in human behavior. sabrina 1 Jun 2013 #50

You joined DU 5 days ago and you know "the coalescing DU position?" Skip Intro Jun 2013 #26

I can count, and I can spot trends Coccydynia Jun 2013 #37

Are we safe with Google? Rosa Luxemburg Jun 2013 #27

He moved from one job to the other Matariki Jun 2013 #28

Thank you Catherina. kr PufPuf23 Jun 2013 #29

PufPuf! Catherina Jun 2013 #34

Where'd he get the time for all that? treestar Jun 2013 #30

Obama use to be Senator before he became President JI7 Jun 2013 #31

K&R DeSwiss Jun 2013 #43

Buncha guys with assault rifles talking armed revolt = No problem... Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2013 #44

Sadly that seems to be the case. RC Jun 2013 #47

They're protecting their investment.... Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2013 #60

What a pleasure it is Iwillnevergiveup Jun 2013 #49

Assange did warn people they were doing all the intelligence agencies' work for them n/t Catherina Jun 2013 #63

^ Wilms Jun 2013 #62

There is a special bond between NSA and Silicon Valley jsr Jun 2013 #64

Nice pic n/t Catherina Jun 2013 #65