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Spitfire of ATJ

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12. They do this because it's possible....

Reply to Pholus (Original post)

Sun Aug 4, 2013, 10:46 PM

Aug 2013

It's nothing new for Liberals to be outraged about people in the government so invisible as far as the law is concerned that we call them "spooks".

And, YES. They have ALWAYS worked for the Right Wing since the Cold War.

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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

Still trying to think about how unerring "tips" like this will affect the system. Pholus Aug 2013 #5

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

one of the "compromise" provisions that republicans are pushing on immigration reform nashville_brook Aug 2013 #13

K&R n/t Catherina Aug 2013 #7

K & R !!! WillyT Aug 2013 #8

fascism fascisthunter Aug 2013 #9

Straight Up - Served Chilled Over The Dead Body Of Democracy And The 4th Amendment cantbeserious Aug 2013 #10

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