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JackRiddler

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17. That's an interesting form of "trust."

Reply to FarCenter (Reply #15)

Thu Feb 23, 2012, 09:10 PM

Feb 2012

I trust NSA absolutely to do the wrong thing, and to create a surveillance state light-years beyond anything that can be justified by their putative mission. I trust them to trample upon the human rights protected in the US Constitution.

If you want to call that "trust," okay.

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Who Do You Trust Less: the NSA or Anonymous? [View all] Are_grits_groceries Feb 2012 OP

Easy. The NSA. mmonk Feb 2012 #1

NSA. Nt xchrom Feb 2012 #2

I don't trust either outfit dipsydoodle Feb 2012 #3

NSA, hands down, ears to the ground. Oh, wait, their ears are everywhere. ChairmanAgnostic Feb 2012 #4

Do you trust your self? tama Feb 2012 #5

No question - NSA. nt TBF Feb 2012 #6

NSA hands down! rusty fender Feb 2012 #7

Anonymous FarCenter Feb 2012 #8

You can also form a rational expectation of how Godzilla will behave. JackRiddler Feb 2012 #14

The question was about trust, not the relative merits of their activities. FarCenter Feb 2012 #15

That's an interesting form of "trust." JackRiddler Feb 2012 #17

Actually based on their activities so far, you can predict what Anonymous might do. sabrina 1 Feb 2012 #19

NSA, no contest. hifiguy Feb 2012 #9

Anonymous Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2012 #10

Anonymous has nobody to hold them accountable. The NSA never has been. baldguy Feb 2012 #11

I don't really know. But I would recommend Anonymous put more effort into PR RZM Feb 2012 #12

Well now I know who to blame raouldukelives Feb 2012 #13

I stopped reading at the first sentence. It starts with a baseless hyperbole. chrisa Feb 2012 #16

NSA. They can kill people through extra-judicial orders. JNathanK Feb 2012 #18