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The Straight Story

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9. It is quite simple really:

Reply to 99th_Monkey (Reply #4)

Sun Sep 8, 2013, 03:44 PM

Sep 2013

If you or I spy on our government, we go to jail. So they use that to hide many things from us they should not.

If another country spys on our government and releases that info nothing happens to them. So we spy back on our government by proxy making the circle complete....they don't trust us and spy on us, we don't trust them and use someone safe from jail to spy on them.

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United States complains after German helicopter photographs the roof of American embassy [View all] David Krout Sep 2013 OP

Countries should spy on each other Jesus Malverde Sep 2013 #1

From whence do you dredge up a "should" in relation to Spy v. Spy. 99th_Monkey Sep 2013 #4

There is a ethical or moral imperative to protect your nation Jesus Malverde Sep 2013 #6

But once huge permanent Guv-mint Institutions are created in secret 99th_Monkey Sep 2013 #7

It is quite simple really: The Straight Story Sep 2013 #9

Yes. it's "simple", simple lunacy. 99th_Monkey Sep 2013 #10

Is the embassy blurred out on Google Earth? n/t djean111 Sep 2013 #2

Countries love spying on each other. Rex Sep 2013 #3

Spy versus spy malaise Sep 2013 #5

If they flew over the Embassy grounds, then they violated US airspace. FarCenter Sep 2013 #8