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StanGr

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16. Oh, I've so heard this before. Raptor, TIA, and many other programs all said the same thing.

Reply to pnwmom (Reply #15)

Thu Aug 1, 2013, 07:00 PM

Aug 2013

Curiously, Raptor was created about the time Snowden was born. TIA came along a decade later. If there's one thing I've learned over the years it is to never trust the government. It doesn't matter what party is in power. They just want control and will use any method to gain it. I don't even think the president or Congress has a clue what's going on. There are forces beyond what even they know. I'm assuming this message is being recorded with 27 8x10 color glossy pictures with circles and arrows to be used as evidence against me in court.

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Stipulated: Russia is letting Snowden stay to diminish America in some way [View all] cthulu2016 Aug 2013 OP

Yes they are and it is a given Mojorabbit Aug 2013 #1

Oh bullshit. They're letting him stay because he committed no crime. StanGr Aug 2013 #2

(facepalm) Well... I tried. cthulu2016 Aug 2013 #3

We need whistle blowers. Otherwise we're simply serfs. StanGr Aug 2013 #5

If he was a Russian they would have considered it a crime. pnwmom Aug 2013 #7

I'm quite familiar with Russia and you are correct. He violated no US laws. StanGr Aug 2013 #8

Downloading classified documents and sharing them with others pnwmom Aug 2013 #9

To the best of my knowledge on the subject all he did was reveal non-classified material. StanGr Aug 2013 #10

No, the power-point presentation WAS a classified document. It was illegal for him to have pnwmom Aug 2013 #12

Agreed about the shrub, but the current Prysim is directly in violation of the 4th. StanGr Aug 2013 #13

The Prism program, contrary to initial reports, pnwmom Aug 2013 #15

Oh, I've so heard this before. Raptor, TIA, and many other programs all said the same thing. StanGr Aug 2013 #16

actually, I'd say our government is doing a good job of diminishing us magical thyme Aug 2013 #4

So what are we doing by giving asylum to Russian Dissidents? We have done so more than sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #6

Do we arrest and send defectors back? davidn3600 Aug 2013 #11

This is standard state relations nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #14

He's a bargaining chip for the Russians. roamer65 Aug 2013 #17