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tularetom

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30. The bad news is they're spying on all of us

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon Jun 24, 2013, 11:43 PM

Jun 2013

The good news is they're doing a shitty job of it.

The National Security Agency has such lax security they trusted one of their peons with all these documents and he ran off with them.

It would be funny it they werent funded by bazillions of taxpayer dollars.

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The NSA Has No Idea How Much Secret Data Edward Snowden Took, And That Has Them Very Worried [View all] applegrove Jun 2013 OP

So an American spy gave a foreign journalist thousands of classified documents, JaneyVee Jun 2013 #1

An american spy? Harmony Blue Jun 2013 #9

Wasn't that his job at the NSA? I thought everyone agreed the NSA spies on people. JaneyVee Jun 2013 #13

Apparently not Harmony Blue Jun 2013 #21

Huh? He's being charged under the Espionage Act, not with Espionage, which has its own specific JaneyVee Jun 2013 #26

AMURIKA bobduca Jun 2013 #10

so an american "spy" disclosed a bunch of information that was "old news.." frylock Jun 2013 #15

The most surprising part is that some people were surprised. JaneyVee Jun 2013 #17

i don't think many were surprised at all.. frylock Jun 2013 #18

People are strange. Metadata collection has been going on for quite some time now. JaneyVee Jun 2013 #19

But everything they're doing is legit right? Union Scribe Jun 2013 #2

That ain't what I'd be worried about. sofa king Jun 2013 #3

It could mean that there's a lot of "classified" stuff that's not worthy of that designation. winter is coming Jun 2013 #14

You make good points, sofa king.. Cha Jun 2013 #25

Will Booz Allen be required to pay damages to the government DURHAM D Jun 2013 #4

Why? The CIA cleared him.. HipChick Jun 2013 #22

Good! MNBrewer Jun 2013 #5

I don't blame them treestar Jun 2013 #6

Many are foreign born HipChick Jun 2013 #23

Let me get this straight nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #7

For a moment let's forget whatever else has gone on and just look at this headline........ wandy Jun 2013 #8

This info was being controlled by Booze Allen, not NSA. You know, those good ole corporate kelliekat44 Jun 2013 #20

The NSA contracted out the function to Booz Allen........... wandy Jun 2013 #27

who is responsible for the NSA bobduca Jun 2013 #34

I'm sorry, I can't help myself Th1onein Jun 2013 #33

This is pure comedy gold Harmony Blue Jun 2013 #11

They should be worried magellan Jun 2013 #12

That I do believe (nt) Recursion Jun 2013 #16

So apparently they weren't keeping an eye on at least one person. n/t hughee99 Jun 2013 #24

If they haven't done anything wrong, they have nothing to worry about..... right? Warren DeMontague Jun 2013 #28

If true, this shows how little control our government has Vinnie From Indy Jun 2013 #29

The bad news is they're spying on all of us tularetom Jun 2013 #30

Snowden disclosed government secrets to an enemy of the state... backscatter712 Jun 2013 #31

He stole from CIA, too. Greenwald mentioned it on All In w/Chris Hayes. That he only DevonRex Jun 2013 #32