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2. Good idea. And then we can move onto the next scandal. n/t

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Can't they just dismantle the most intrusive aspects of the surveillance program and we can move on? [View all] Douglas Carpenter Jun 2013 OP

I would think they could treestar Jun 2013 #1

Good idea. And then we can move onto the next scandal. n/t pnwmom Jun 2013 #2

That's going to be a tough one, now that surveillance is privatized. scarletwoman Jun 2013 #3

++++++ cherokeeprogressive Jun 2013 #7

Most true. And the people who make the profits hear are far richer and have.... wandy Jun 2013 #38

Yep. It costs too much. We can't afford it. RobertEarl Jun 2013 #4

How do you suggest to dismantle it? marions ghost Jun 2013 #5

I suggest a committee that is Co-chaired by John McCain and Pat Leahy Douglas Carpenter Jun 2013 #6

Ya think? marions ghost Jun 2013 #8

they would complain if the the surveillance was too soft on terrorism or too intrusive of civil Douglas Carpenter Jun 2013 #9

Rand Paul and John McCain marions ghost Jun 2013 #11

well the only way in can be poltically possible is if Republicans play a major role in setting the Douglas Carpenter Jun 2013 #12

We may be beyond those type of accusations... marions ghost Jun 2013 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author im1013 Jun 2013 #39

There is no fix. This is the new normal. Its here to stay and it doesn't look like many give a damn NoOneMan Jun 2013 #10

A perfect quote from DK's brooklynbadboy railsback Jun 2013 #13

you can call Snowden a lot of things marions ghost Jun 2013 #15

Well, that's open to interpretation railsback Jun 2013 #16

What good is it to have massive power if you can't abuse it? It's not fixable, or not fixable for us AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2013 #17

They already did. The fucking ruling that Snowden and Greenwald leaked was DevonRex Jun 2013 #18

so there is no real problem with the current surveillance system? The data mining that is now in Douglas Carpenter Jun 2013 #20

I can think of a few changes; I asked for your opinion downthread Recursion Jun 2013 #22

I'll tell you DevonRex Jun 2013 #29

Please read my post at #33 for Justice Thurgood Marshall's dissent in Smith v. Maryland. JDPriestly Jun 2013 #40

Ironic, no? Recursion Jun 2013 #21

What, specifically, do you want changed? Recursion Jun 2013 #19

most people are not comfortable with the idea of the government essentially maintaining records of Douglas Carpenter Jun 2013 #23

And that's not what's happening Recursion Jun 2013 #24

the data mining does essentially create that web essentially centralized phone records on a scale Douglas Carpenter Jun 2013 #25

That data does not fall under constitutional protection, but has some statutory protection Recursion Jun 2013 #26

constituional protectons and to an extent the constituion itself are whatever the courts say it is Douglas Carpenter Jun 2013 #27

Exactly my arguments against establishing it the way they did in 2008, under a GOP President Recursion Jun 2013 #28

well, now that there is at least some political will to look at this issue - perhaps we should do so Douglas Carpenter Jun 2013 #30

Obama has asked Congress to do something about it Recursion Jun 2013 #31

then this sounds like a good time to make a public appeal for reform -which is the point my original Douglas Carpenter Jun 2013 #32

Please read Thurgood Marshall's dissent in Smith v. Maryland at my post #33. JDPriestly Jun 2013 #36

Please read my post at #33. JDPriestly Jun 2013 #35

I already commented on your OP about it (nt) Recursion Jun 2013 #37

Thurgood Marshall's dissent in Smith v. Maryland (1979). JDPriestly Jun 2013 #33

I've got some bad news, I think... Amonester Jun 2013 #34

They have definite plans to expand the surveillance state, not reduce it. NDAA 2014: Fire Walk With Me Jun 2013 #41