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treestar

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11. Not the same

Reply to mhatrw (Original post)

Sun Jun 23, 2013, 04:23 PM

Jun 2013

Barring complete cynicism, this stuff is hidden because it is national security stuff. It's cloak and dagger. It may not work perfectly and you can be a big cynic about it, but what country has existed with no national security classification and secrets whatsoever?

So bin Laden would have known we were coming for him. Al Qaeda would know all of our vulnerabilities.

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If the NSA & its contractors have nothing to hide, then they have nothing to fear [View all] mhatrw Jun 2013 OP

Bingo. jsr Jun 2013 #1

K&R Sherman A1 Jun 2013 #2

+ a brazillion Scootaloo Jun 2013 #3

Yup nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #4

That just about says it. Trailrider1951 Jun 2013 #5

Awesome. Harmony Blue Jun 2013 #6

Who says they're afraid? randome Jun 2013 #7

You have missed all the sunday talk shows Harmony Blue Jun 2013 #8

Yeah, well, I don't watch much of those. DU and TPM are really my only news sources. randome Jun 2013 #9

My childhood dream was to live Coccydynia Jun 2013 #17

Of course they have shit to hide NightWatcher Jun 2013 #10

Except the American public, of course. mhatrw Jun 2013 #12

Not the same treestar Jun 2013 #11

So we cannot be told that we are all being spied on by own government? mhatrw Jun 2013 #13

It was not spying on anyone without a FISA warrant treestar Jun 2013 #14

Has the secret FISA "court" ever turned down a single warrant request? mhatrw Jun 2013 #15

Given the history of intelligence agencies in this country, JoeyT Jun 2013 #16

Good one. Coccydynia Jun 2013 #18

That's only for the sheeple. blkmusclmachine Jun 2013 #19

News flash: They're a freakin' SPY AGENCY NoPasaran Jun 2013 #20

So what you are saying is that all of our business is their business, mhatrw Jun 2013 #22

No, that's not what I'm saying NoPasaran Jun 2013 #23

Why is only the NSA allowed to keep anything private? mhatrw Jun 2013 #24

LOL !!! - K & R !!! WillyT Jun 2013 #21