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Showing Original Post only (View all)Can we all agree that we need spies? [View all]
Can we all agree that we need spies but that there need to be clear and Constitutionally legal limits to who they can spy on and how they can do it?
Can we all agree that these programs started long before Obama won the White House but that they are still going on?
Can we all agree that whether a Democrat or Republican holds office, we still need to have safeguards against abuses?
And can we all agree that slinging insults at each other and posting snide OPs doesn't convince anyone that we're right, only that we've run out of ideas?
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I "rec-d" this not because I think we need spies, but we DO need a national reassessment
99th_Monkey
Jun 2013
#1
If spies are needed then why is the goverment pissed about people leaking information.
Arctic Dave
Jun 2013
#9
"I only regret that I have but 4 laptops of classified information to give for my country."
Scurrilous
Jun 2013
#20
$200K/yr buys NSA a guy with a High School diploma, but not much company loyalty these days.
leveymg
Jun 2013
#30
You mean the kind that gave Ben Laden $50M in a hosp in Kuwait 6 mos before 911?
kickysnana
Jun 2013
#29