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moondust

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16. My own impression

Reply to Douglas Carpenter (Reply #15)

Tue Jul 23, 2013, 11:09 PM

Jul 2013

is that Mr. Tice was likely a satellite technician at NSA who did not really know how intelligence gathered was being used or not used. So he doesn't have much more insight than anybody else.

For now I guess I'll continue to wait for somebody to legally claim they're somehow a victim of NSA "spying on Americans" and see how that turns out.

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Do you consider alarm over the extent of government surveillance to be a paranoid conspiracy theory? [View all] Douglas Carpenter Jul 2013 OP

It may not be a comspiracy theory but the truth has not surfaced as yet, to see and know who is Thinkingabout Jul 2013 #1

there does seem to be an extraordinary effort to shut down the discussion of all this old news Douglas Carpenter Jul 2013 #3

Perhaps I do not dwell on issues of old stuff. Thinkingabout Jul 2013 #5

It's not a conspiracy theory sharp_stick Jul 2013 #2

Pure Alex Jones whatchamacallit Jul 2013 #4

It's not a conspiracy theory, though I HappyMe Jul 2013 #6

Republicans baby RobertEarl Jul 2013 #10

Some substance there but mostly a bunch of ado about nothing. AllINeedIsCoffee Jul 2013 #7

Do you REALLY think the government is collecting all your emails, recording every phone call snooper2 Jul 2013 #8

knr Douglas Carpenter Jul 2013 #9

I think more gradations could be warrented el_bryanto Jul 2013 #11

again Douglas Carpenter Jul 2013 #12

Probably some overreaction. moondust Jul 2013 #13

there are some pretty strong accusations coming from some former NSA analysts Douglas Carpenter Jul 2013 #15

My own impression moondust Jul 2013 #16

When people promote the Snowden/Greenwald/Alex Jones CTs. definitely. baldguy Jul 2013 #14