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Hydra

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6. I don't know if this is true
Fri Aug 23, 2013, 06:09 PM
Aug 2013

But I was told the internet was built by the military and they have parallel "internets." I was told 10 total. Shutting down this one wouldn't be a big deal if they decided to do it, but that's like using a flamethrower to kill a mosquito. I think what they are currently shooting for is a way to track people and information in real time and then to jail or kill the person to stop the flow.

The disinformation ops are designed to blunt whatever comes out. We've seen that here...but either they're being sloppy or the bubble in Washington is too thick for them to get an outside perspective.

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
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