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2. Snowden said the raw sigint was accessible by all branches.

Sun Aug 4, 2013, 07:01 PM

Aug 2013

Maybe they can't use it in court but they can sure find targets that they can find some piece of data to establish reasonable suspicion.

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A "reassuring" NSA story that isn't....the mission IS creeping. [View all] Pholus Aug 2013 OP

AND the intelligence elites are more powerful than the President... grasswire Aug 2013 #1

Snowden said the raw sigint was accessible by all branches. dkf Aug 2013 #2

Mission creep is built in pscot Aug 2013 #3

Nice "dot connection" there. Pholus Aug 2013 #4

your last point is quite interesting grasswire Aug 2013 #6

K&R n/t Catherina Aug 2013 #7

K & R !!! WillyT Aug 2013 #8

fascism fascisthunter Aug 2013 #9

i'm trying to reconcile this with Jamie Gorelick's firewall. nt grasswire Aug 2013 #11

They do this because it's possible.... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #12

So the recording industry wants to use it to guard its copyrights. Waiting For Everyman Aug 2013 #14