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In reply to the discussion: Obama Was Wrong: NSA Employees Have Deliberately "Abused" Their Power - Slate [View all]HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)18. Billions of cases per year?
And how many terrorists have been caught due this? Thats right, none.
Looks like it might be the most ineffective program, ever, if the intent is to catch terrorists. OTOH, it seems to be pretty good at "accidently" spying on Americans, which is apparently the intent.
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Obama Was Wrong: NSA Employees Have Deliberately "Abused" Their Power - Slate [View all]
WillyT
Aug 2013
OP
Obama is wrong? But Obama is the change we've been waiting for. Does-not-compute. Does-not-compute.
Pterodactyl
Aug 2013
#1
He made a mistake. Surely by now you must know that Obama is only human. Many inside of gov.
kelliekat44
Aug 2013
#11
I know that one is a favorite of Republicans, Libertarians, & Conservative "Reagan Democrats",
bvar22
Aug 2013
#24
Reagan gets credit for the line, which is why Republicans like it so much
LearningCurve
Aug 2013
#28
no, we need to reign them in- a lot. just like the NSA. cut the fuck out of their funding.
cali
Aug 2013
#7
An average of one case out of billions a year? Isn't that to be expected? No system functions
pnwmom
Aug 2013
#8
They are collecting metadata on all the calls, so in that sense they're spying on all of us.
pnwmom
Aug 2013
#39
Oh, I've done that. Also, I DON'T support anyone, in any way, INCLUDING OBAMA,
Th1onein
Aug 2013
#45
But only to make sure their spouses aren't cheating! Or, to help the DEA arrest pot smokers.
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2013
#26
There. It's been said. Having BEEN said, can we now approach the problem with some semblance
cherokeeprogressive
Aug 2013
#46