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AZ Progressive

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18. You think Al Qaeda didn't know about NSA worldwide surveillance for decades via Echelon?

Reply to arely staircase (Original post)

Fri Jul 19, 2013, 02:55 PM

Jul 2013

You really think they are that stupid?

You might as well accuse the news media of "aiding the enemy" for reporting new advances in surveillance technology (like new drones coming out.)

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Real-Life Repercussions Of Snowden Leaks: Al Qaeda Changing Tactics, Making Plot Detection Harder [View all] arely staircase Jul 2013 OP

I call this "bulls***" avaistheone1 Jul 2013 #1

Yup and the AP link in the story goes nowhere.. SomethingFishy Jul 2013 #5

Recycle stuff from June. Got the presumed link from AP. Pholus Jul 2013 #9

It's pathetic, is what it is. nt woo me with science Jul 2013 #17

they're going to switch to carrier pigeons.. frylock Jul 2013 #23

agreed. I remember cheney saying shit like that too. roguevalley Jul 2013 #37

So shouldn't Dick Cheney be getting the same full attention that Snowden Cleita Jul 2013 #2

Yes. nt AllINeedIsCoffee Jul 2013 #6

+10000000 YoungDemCA Jul 2013 #8

Indeed. onyourleft Jul 2013 #12

Glad you mentioned Valerie Plame... Deuce Jul 2013 #36

It won't be long before Snowden has blood on his hands. AllINeedIsCoffee Jul 2013 #3

yeah that's who has blood on his hands in this country Enrique Jul 2013 #7

I wouldn't be surprised if he hasn't already gotten people killed arely staircase Jul 2013 #13

Former intelligence officials are certain that Russia and China, at the very least, have that info. AllINeedIsCoffee Jul 2013 #16

from NPR this morning arely staircase Jul 2013 #20

Unlike Orrin Hatch, who blurted out that we were listening to Osama's cell phone calls.n/t denverbill Jul 2013 #19

Yeah, cause they caught those Boston Bombers before they did their damage, right? Th1onein Jul 2013 #26

What about Obama's hands? burnodo Jul 2013 #27

say the biggest liars anyone has ever seen Enrique Jul 2013 #4

Who knows what or who to believe now Politicalboi Jul 2013 #10

Speaking of matters of life and death, Vinnie From Indy Jul 2013 #11

"You are 8 times MORE LIKELY TO BE KILLED BY A POLICE OFFICER than by a terrorist" datasuspect Jul 2013 #15

yeah, but they killed al qaeda number 2 again! datasuspect Jul 2013 #14

pretty high turnover rate at that job thanks to drones. nt arely staircase Jul 2013 #21

You think Al Qaeda didn't know about NSA worldwide surveillance for decades via Echelon? AZ Progressive Jul 2013 #18

I think any clandestine organization adopts to new information when it becomes availabe. arely staircase Jul 2013 #22

so exactly what level of detail was exposed that tipped our hand to AQ? frylock Jul 2013 #24

So, if they are adapting to new information, there is only one question to ask now: Th1onein Jul 2013 #28

binary thinking at its finest. nt arely staircase Jul 2013 #29

Veiled ad hominem attack, at it's finest. Th1onein Jul 2013 #33

9/11 is getting old mick063 Jul 2013 #25

bullshit. plain, unadulterated bullshit. ChairmanAgnostic Jul 2013 #30

I wish they would have taken the Valerie Plame leak this seriously. Rex Jul 2013 #31

no doubt most agencies are changing their security. madrchsod Jul 2013 #32

Extra! Extra! Read all about it! whatchamacallit Jul 2013 #34

EEK!! Bogeyman Alert!! Quick! Demand congress give more money to the spies!! Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2013 #35