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hootinholler

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35. Read the entire interview
Wed Jul 17, 2013, 10:26 PM
Jul 2013

Clapper is in a position to know and the context is pretty clear.

Are you saying information has to be in a document to be valid? We also don't yet have a definition of upstream.

It is the 3 parties (TELECOMS) that 'collect' and own the meta-data Tx4obama Jul 2013 #1
He implies that there is much more than metadata in the book hootinholler Jul 2013 #3
Hello? .. it wouldn't be a REAL "library" by definition, unless 99th_Monkey Jul 2013 #2
Of course they can hootinholler Jul 2013 #14
Can i offer what might be a naive opinion... allin99 Jul 2013 #4
Let's take this "library" metaphor one step further............ wandy Jul 2013 #5
You've got hold of the wrong end of the stick intaglio Jul 2013 #6
I don't think I do hootinholler Jul 2013 #7
Go to a large reference library intaglio Jul 2013 #8
But the book exists hootinholler Jul 2013 #9
OK, play dumb intaglio Jul 2013 #11
Who are the Librarians? Octafish Jul 2013 #10
If I were an Evil Brazillionaire Overlord... hootinholler Jul 2013 #12
Knowledge Is Power Octafish Jul 2013 #17
A most excellent movie with a powerful lesson in moral behavior hootinholler Jul 2013 #25
What_did_Tice_say_about_Cheney_tasking_the_Obama_and_political_intercepts? leveymg Jul 2013 #26
I'm not too sure about the brazilianaire part hootinholler Jul 2013 #28
"I am your father" leveymg Jul 2013 #32
:D More like Rove's Father hootinholler Jul 2013 #33
Am I supposed to trust this guy, Clapper, more than Edward Snowden? kentuck Jul 2013 #13
There really needs to be a robust investigation. hootinholler Jul 2013 #15
I know this isn't very sexy hootinholler Jul 2013 #16
that confusing exchange means nothing. DCBob Jul 2013 #34
Read the entire interview hootinholler Jul 2013 #35
well if snowden has the motherload as he has claimed then why isnt it in any of the documents? DCBob Jul 2013 #36
How would I know that? hootinholler Jul 2013 #37
What he's implying is that every American now has an accessible "Permanent Record" of GiaGiovanni Jul 2013 #18
Clapper *clarified* his lie for the 1% and Snowden persists in his truth for the 99% Catherina Jul 2013 #19
Information is what Democracy and Spies crave. Octafish Jul 2013 #20
This thread is chock full of reading material. Quantess Jul 2013 #21
Interesting how quickly he switched from "belongs to" suffragette Jul 2013 #22
Yes he almost slipped the truth out. n/t hootinholler Jul 2013 #23
Thanks for this important thread suffragette Jul 2013 #24
YEP! Recommend! KoKo Jul 2013 #27
omg, were those statement from clapper supposed to make us feel *better*? ay yi yi n/t allin99 Jul 2013 #29
Thanks, Hoot! You bring up an interesting point about what Clapper said.. KoKo Jul 2013 #30
Look at post 16 hootinholler Jul 2013 #31
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