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Hydra

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2. The "Mule" idea is stupid

Reply to 99th_Monkey (Reply #1)

Fri Aug 23, 2013, 05:26 PM

Aug 2013

But serves the purpose. The NSA and other such entities are attempting to control the flow of information. They are trying to criminalize having information and passing it on to others without their approval.

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I wonder who the NY Times mule was? [View all] Luminous Animal Aug 2013 OP

What I don't get is this: why in the age of the interwebs w/ digitized data, any of this matters 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 #1

The "Mule" idea is stupid Hydra Aug 2013 #2

But isn't the NSA et. al. pissing into the wind? 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 #3

The can not control it, but they could shut down sources as they discover them. PowerToThePeople Aug 2013 #4

They don't want to control it exactly, just surveil its enormous entirety 24/7 to bust us whenever 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 #15

I don't know if this is true Hydra Aug 2013 #6

hmm. 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 #10

Exactly Hydra Aug 2013 #11

Someone with names like Manning, Snowden, Assange, Hastings, et. al. ~nt 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 #13

Perfect example Hydra Aug 2013 #14

Yeah, 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 #16

I don't buy that AQ ran off the rails Hydra Aug 2013 #17

War on Terror was a PNAC wet dream. 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 #18

Juith Miller ? bahrbearian Aug 2013 #5

Jeffrey Toobin? LearningCurve Aug 2013 #7

Ha! Luminous Animal Aug 2013 #8

Congrats for the ... 99Forever Aug 2013 #9

I know what I'd do to transmit it Aerows Aug 2013 #12