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TreasonousBastard

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16. Oh come on-- this is the entire intelligence budget...

Reply to Tierra_y_Libertad (Reply #15)

Thu Aug 22, 2013, 03:15 PM

Aug 2013

probably not including black ops, but including the CIA and at least a whole lot of Homeland Security.

Even if the NSA is in there, and it might not be, it would be a small part of the 75billion and the domestic part apparently 15% of whatever that is.

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A quick question about this spying business... [View all] TreasonousBastard Aug 2013 OP

How would we know? nt bemildred Aug 2013 #1

Fair question. TreasonousBastard Aug 2013 #7

How would we know....since it's all secret as to who they DataMine? KoKo Aug 2013 #2

Still a fair question, but... TreasonousBastard Aug 2013 #8

Your question is absurd RobertEarl Aug 2013 #3

Speaking of absurd, I asked who has been harmed... TreasonousBastard Aug 2013 #9

I told you RobertEarl Aug 2013 #13

We know that both the IRS and DEA used this info Lee-Lee Aug 2013 #4

Do we know that? Evidence. Evidence. TreasonousBastard Aug 2013 #11

Let's Look At It This Way... KharmaTrain Aug 2013 #5

That's kinda my point... TreasonousBastard Aug 2013 #12

A Lot Play The "Whatif" Game... KharmaTrain Aug 2013 #14

When our government was torturing prisoners....? kentuck Aug 2013 #6

It hurt the prisoners it tortured... TreasonousBastard Aug 2013 #10

"all touchyfeelymetaphysical"?? kentuck Aug 2013 #18

$75bn is no trifling amount for the taxpayers to cough up to be spied on. Tierra_y_Libertad Aug 2013 #15

Oh come on-- this is the entire intelligence budget... TreasonousBastard Aug 2013 #16

So? You think the intellingence budget is worthwhile to that extent? Tierra_y_Libertad Aug 2013 #17

How quaint. Of course I don't appreciate a huge spy budget, but... TreasonousBastard Aug 2013 #19

Since it's secret, we have no way of knowing. JoeyT Aug 2013 #20

It's tough to see how a bazillion random phone numbers or emails could... TreasonousBastard Aug 2013 #21

It's about Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #22