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99th_Monkey

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17. Which only goes to show how BIG the NSA LIES have been

Reply to dkf (Original post)

Mon Aug 26, 2013, 06:40 PM

Aug 2013

Beyond these cases of spying on partners, this clearly illustrates
how easily any one of us can be spied-on at the drop of a hat with
a simple phone number, or name, and one person at NSA with a
reason to do it.

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NSA employees spied on their lovers using eavesdropping programme [View all] dkf Aug 2013 OP

And I'm willing to bet they spied on people they DIDN'T love, too. MotherPetrie Aug 2013 #1

EXIT QUESTION -- Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2013 #15

"Most of the incidents, officials said, were self-reported." Iow, no safeguards. Catherina Aug 2013 #2

Couldn't pass the polygraph? How often do they polygraph? dkf Aug 2013 #4

I think it's every 5 years. n/t Catherina Aug 2013 #7

It's not a lie ... dawg Aug 2013 #9

LOL, self-reporting. Helen Borg Aug 2013 #14

3,000 occasions in a single year? winter is coming Aug 2013 #3

No... 3000 violations but a handful of willful uses including these "loveint" violations. dkf Aug 2013 #5

Self reported violations are a small subset of all violations mick063 Aug 2013 #8

Exactly Supersedeas Aug 2013 #10

Tear down the Utah facility mick063 Aug 2013 #6

No one would ever abuse such power under any circumstances. n/t Fire Walk With Me Aug 2013 #11

Was one of them Snowden? gulliver Aug 2013 #12

Hey we all check Facebook for our exes, NSA employees have better ways to check NightWatcher Aug 2013 #13

This shit has gotta stop gopiscrap Aug 2013 #16

Which only goes to show how BIG the NSA LIES have been 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 #17

After the NSA lies I can't swallow the Syria push. I no longer believe anything they say. dkf Aug 2013 #18

! blkmusclmachine Aug 2013 #19